Thomas Stone

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Stone was born in 1860, in Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Stone, was 38 and his mother, Laura Timmins Westwood, was 32. He married Esther Cadman on 23 January 1882, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 50 years.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Stone
1860–
Esther Cadman
1857–
Marriage: 23 January 1882
Laura Stone
1882–
Mary Stone
1883–
Joseph Stone
1887–
Thomas Stone
1887–
Joseph Stone
1889–
Susannah Stone
1890–
Edith Stone
1892–
William Harold Stone
1893–1965
Francis Stone
1896–
Charles Stone
1898–
Lilly Stone
1901–

Sources (11)

  • Thomas Stone in household of William Hom, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Christening -Thomas Stone 1863, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Stone in entry for Susannah Stone, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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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 Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.

Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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