Brief Life History of Bertha
When Mrs Bertha Cliff was born on 7 March 1919, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Frank Herbert Ward, was 27 and her mother, Jenny E Holden, was 24. She married Frederick James Ward on 18 December 1943, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 26 January 1985, in her hometown, at the age of 65.
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1924
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
1924 · Terry's Open the Chocolate Works
Terry’s in York, England was a confectionery factory, later named the Chocolate Works. It opened in 1926 and closed in 2005 causing around 300 people to lose their jobs. Some of the treats that were made there consisted of Chocolate Apples and Chocolate Oranges.
1940
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 Cliff(e), Cle(e)ve, or Clive, from Old English clif ‘slope, bank, cliff’, or a topographic name from the same word. The Old English word was used not only in the sense of modern English cliff but also of much gentler slopes and frequently also of a riverbank or seashore.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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