Eliza Pike

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Pike was born in 1860, in Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Pike, was 34 and her mother, Ann Foyle, was 31. She married Henry Peter Dorey in October 1879, in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in New Alresford, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Alresford, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died on 19 August 1944, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Henry Peter Dorey
1859–1909
Eliza Pike
1860–1944
Marriage: October 1879
Rosetta Sarah Dorey
1880–1890
Francis W J Dorey
1881–
Percy Albert Edward Dorey
1885–1958
Frederick Henry George Dorey
1889–1950
Charles Archibald Thomas Dorey
1892–1914
Beatrice Caroline May Dorey
1896–1900
Bertram Victor Cycil Dorey
1905–1994

Sources (16)

  • Eliza Dorey in household of Henry P Dorey, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Eliza Pike, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Eliza Pike, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"

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World Events (6)

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).

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.

Name Meaning

English: nickname, perhaps for a fisherman whose physique resembled that of a pike. One Londoner so named in 1292 was a fishmonger.

English: metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool, perhaps a laborer or military pikeman, from Middle English pike ‘pike, pickaxe, pitchfork’. Compare Pick .

English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Pic (Old English Pica, Old Norse Pík), of uncertain origin but perhaps from one of the words mentioned above.

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

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