When Thomas Farr was born in 1859, in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Farr, was 31 and his mother, Amy Cashmore, was 23. He married Mercy Jane Vincent on 2 June 1879, in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in 1944, in Crabbs Cross, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 85.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
English: from Middle English fear(r), farre (Old English fearr) ‘steer, ox’, applied as a nickname for a fierce man or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a bull.
German: nickname from Middle High German varne, var, with the same meaning as 1 above.
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