When Elizabeth Simkin was born in 1836, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Simkin, was 42 and her mother, Lydia Butler, was 40.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Aharon, Aron, Boruch, Doron, Leib, Volf, Yakov. Russian Leonid, Boris, Galina, Gennadiy, Gennady, Grigori, Inessa, Semion, Yasha.
English (Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal name Sim(e)kin, from Sim(m) or Sime (see Sim ) + the diminutive suffix -kin.
Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from Simke, a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Sime (see Sima ). It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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