When Violet Maud Willett was born on 1 November 1894, in St Olave, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, Walter Benjamin Willett, was 34 and her mother, Ann Neale, was 32. She lived in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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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.
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Women in England over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote on May 7, 1928.
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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