Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Hayes was born on 24 January 1860, in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Hayes, was 28 and her mother, Kezia Davis, was 31. She married Thomas George Meadows on 23 April 1879, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Barton St Mary, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 21 August 1927, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 67.
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- Emma Meadows in household of Thos George Meadows, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Hayes - Government record: Death record or certificate: death: 21 August 1927; Gloucestershire, England
- Emma Meadows in household of Thomas Meadows, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
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World Events (8)
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1877 · Trial of Detectives
The Trial of Detective, also known as the Turf Fraud Scandal, was a scandal involving 3 senior Scotland Yard detectives. It was a scam involving bets made on horse races.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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