Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Willett was born on 7 August 1864, in Westcott Barton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Willett, was 25 and her mother, Mary Poole, was 27. She married Edward William Hoverd in 1885, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Burbage, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died in 1954, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90.
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- Hannah Hoverd in household of Edward Hoverd, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Hannah Willett, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Hoverd, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
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: from the Middle English personal names Wilot, Wilet, pet forms of Will , itself a short form of William .
English: sometimes a variant of Willard .
English: perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Willet, in Elworthy (Somerset). It is from an earlier name of Doniford Stream, which rises at Willet, and is probably a compound of Old English wiell, will ‘spring’ + an unrecorded gīete ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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