Brief Life History of Matilda May
When Matilda May Hewitt was born in 1890, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abraham Hewitt, was 41 and her mother, Matilda Score, was 29. She married William Cox on 15 August 1911, in Portland, Dorset, England. She lived in Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Portland, Dorset, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 16 April 1920, in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 30, and was buried in Portland, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Matilda M Hewitt in household of Abraham Hewitt, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Matilda May Hewitt, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Matilda M Hewitt, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (4)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914 · Britain Enters the Great War
After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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