Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Gridley was born on 25 February 1848, in South Ockendon, Essex, England, her father, William Gridley, was 27 and her mother, Ann Blakley, was 22. She married Joseph Edmund Pavitt on 12 October 1874, in Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brentwood, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and South Ockendon, Essex, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 19 March 1938, in South Ockendon, Essex, England, at the age of 90.
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- Sarah A Gridley in household of Alfred Alderslade, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Sarah Ann Gredley, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Sarah Ann Gredley, "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
variant of Greasley, either a habitational name from Greasley in Nottinghamshire (but possibly also from Gresley in Derbyshire), or a nickname either from Old French greslet ‘marked as by hail’, i.e. pitted or pock-marked, or Old French greslet, gresli, grailet ‘thin, slim’.
perhaps from Middle English greithli, gritheli ‘good, pleasant, noble’ (Old Norse greithligr), the source of modern northern dialect gradely ‘decent, honest, good-looking, kind’. In the absence of medieval surname forms this is conjectural.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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