Louisa Dorothy Weston

Female1895–

Brief Life History of Louisa Dorothy

When Louisa Dorothy Weston was born in 1895, in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Charles Weston, was 35 and her mother, Clarissa Elizabeth Stolworthy, was 38. She married Edwin Harry Knight in 1918, in Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Whickham, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1939.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Harry Knight
1893–
Louisa Dorothy Weston
1895–
Marriage: 1918
Edwin R Knight
1918–

Sources (6)

  • Louise Dorothy Weston in household of Francis Charles Weston, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Louisa Dorothy Weston, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Weston, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1918Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1908

    Age 13

    London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1915 · Zeppelins Over London

    Age 20

    On May 31, 1915 a German zeppelin went over London in dark of night. It released a bomb over the city killing 28 people and wounding 60. 

    1940

    Age 45

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    Name Meaning

    English:

    habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

    topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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