Brief Life History of William Arthur
When William Arthur Tooke was born on 25 November 1843, his father, Arthur William Tooke, was 32 and his mother, Nymphe Prudente Levesconte, was 26. He married Mary Agnes Drew on 11 February 1874, in Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Paignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Pinner, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died in 1884, in Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41, and was buried in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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- William A Tooke, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Arthur Tooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Arthur Tooke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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).
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Toky, Toke, Tuke, Tuk(ke) (Old Danish Tōki, Tūki, Tukk(a)). This was probably a pet form of Old Norse Thorkell (Old Danish Thurkell; see Turkel ), and perhaps of other names in Thor- or Thur- with the Old Norse hypocoristic suffix -ki. An additional source of Tōki may have been a nickname, Old Norse tóki ‘simpleton’. It was popular in Scandinavia partly perhaps because it was that of a master archer in the Icelandic Jómsvíkinga saga.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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