Brief Life History of William E
When William E Harley was born in 1895, his father, Henry John Powell Harley, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Drain, was 25. He married Lily E Fogg in 1916, in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1957, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62.
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Sources (6)
- William Ernest Harley in household of Henry John Harley, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- William Ernest Harley, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- William E Harley, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Harley (Shropshire, Yorkshire). The Shropshire placename derives from Old English hær ‘rock, heap of stones’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename derives from Old English hara ‘hare’ or hær + hlāw ‘mound, hill’, later replaced by lēah.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F-. This name has also become Herley and Hurley . Compare Arrell and Harrell .
Scottish (Fife): habitational name from any of several places called Harlaw in Midlothian, Peeblesshire, and Berwickshire, named in Older Scots with hare ‘gray’ + law ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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