Brief Life History of Norman Gwenwyn
When Norman Gwenwyn Howell was born on 11 October 1891, in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Reverend Jonathan Howell, was 37 and his mother, Ellen Davey, was 34. He married Dora Pauline Sale in 1919, in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1960, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69.
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- Norman Howell in household of John Norman, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Howell, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Norman Gwenwyn Howell in entry for Roland Aneurin Howell, "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
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1900 · Strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry
The strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry was the longest in Wales history, lasting from November 22, 1900 to 1903. When workers in the quarry were informed that union dues were no longer being collected, they started protesting.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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