Florence May Friend

Brief Life History of Florence May

When Florence May Friend was born on 3 November 1900, in Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Cornelius Friend, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Crossland, was 29. She lived in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom in 1901.

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Family Time Line

William Cornelius Friend
1869–1935
Hannah Crossland
1871–1945
William Frederick Friend
1890–1972
Edward Cornelius Friend
1892–1961
Lilian Maud Friend
1894–1920
Walter Clarence Friend
1896–1896
Florence May Friend
1900–

Sources (1)

  • Florence M Friend in household of Hannah Friend, "England and Wales Census, 1901"

World Events (8)

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1915 · Zeppelins Over London

On May 31, 1915 a German zeppelin went over London in dark of night. It released a bomb over the city killing 28 people and wounding 60. 

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: nickname for a companionable person, from Middle English frend, frond ‘friend’ (Old English frēond). In the Middle Ages the term was also used to denote a relative or kinsman, and the surname may also have been acquired by someone who belonged to the family of someone who was a more important figure in the community. Eleventh-century evidence for the word also shows it in use as a personal name (independently as Frent, 1086 in Essex, and as the first element in the placename Frindsbury in Kent).

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘friend’, for example of Jewish and German Freund , Dutch Vriend, and Slovenian Prijatelj.

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

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