Freda Mary Weeks

Female15 July 1915–7 July 2002

Brief Life History of Freda Mary

When Freda Mary Weeks was born on 15 July 1915, in West Harptree, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Harold Weeks, was 23 and her mother, Mabel Bishop, was 24. She married Wilfred Bertram Cecil Maggs on 8 August 1938, in West Harptree, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She died on 7 July 2002, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Wilfred Bertram Cecil Maggs
1914–1944
Freda Mary Weeks
from January 1915 to December 1915–2002
Marriage: 8 August 1938

Sources (2)

  • Weeks, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • Freda M Weeks, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 August 1938West Harptree, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1918

    Age 3

    WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

    1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High

    Age 6

    British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.

    1939 · Britain Enters World War II

    Age 24

    Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Wicks .

    Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Vik .

    History: This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656. — William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes .

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

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