Brief Life History of Ellen Ann
When Ellen Ann Kiddle was born about March 1849, in Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Kiddle, was 42 and her mother, Mary Jane Hewlett, was 26. She married George Richard Thomas in 1872. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years.
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- Ellen Ann Thomas in household of George Thomas, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Alice Thomas in the Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
- Ellen Ann Kiddle, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
1 English: locative name, nickname from Middle English kidel, kedel ‘fishing weir of stakes, wattles, and nets’ (Anglo-Norman French kidel(l), kydel(e), Old French quidel, cuidel), for someone who lived by, worked at, or had charge of such a weir. Compare Katharine Kydelman, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Essex).
2 English: locative name, sometimes perhaps from Kiddal in Barwick in Elmet (WR Yorks), although Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorks Surnames notes that the surname from this source may have died out in the 17th century.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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