May Fordham
1886–
Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of May
When May Fordham was born in 1886, in Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Robert Fordham, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ashcroft, was 34.
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Family Time Line
George Robert Fordham
1859–
Mary Ashcroft
1852–1911
Annie E Fordham
1879–
Ethel M Fordham
1880–
Benjamin J Fordham
1881–
Mabel Fordham
1881–
Elanor Fordham
1884–
May Fordham
1886–
Edward Fordham
1887–
Parents & Siblings
1859–Male
1852–1911Female
siblings
(7)
1879–Female
1880–Female
1881–Male
1881–Female
1884–Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 18
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
Age 22
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
Age 32
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Norfolk named Fordham, from Old English ford ‘ford’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
May Fordham in household of George Fordham, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
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