Brief Life History of Arthur William
When Arthur William Tilley was born on 27 November 1883, in Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Charles Tilley, was 24 and his mother, Abigail Lee, was 20. He married Frances Ella Moorhouse on 25 December 1909, in Leicestershire, England. He lived in Glen Parva, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 28 April 1974, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90.
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- Arthur W Tilley in household of Charles J Tilley, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Arthur William Tilley, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Arthur William Tilley, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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World Events (8)
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.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Tilly-sur-Seulles (Calvados) or Tilly (Eure), France.
English: habitational name from Tyley in Wotton under Edge (Gloucestershire), Tiley in Minterne Magna (Dorset), or Tilley (Shropshire). The Gloucestershire and Dorset placenames derive from Old English tigel ‘tile’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Shropshire placename derives from an uncertain first element + Old English lēah.
English: occupational name from Middle English tilie ‘one who tills the land, a husbandman’. Compare Tiller .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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