Brief Life History of Olive May
When Olive May Afford was born on 1 September 1900, in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Richard Afford, was 27 and her mother, Kate Susannah Cook, was 21. She died in 1961, in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 61.
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- Olive May Afford in household of Joseph Richard Afford, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
- She died in a Convent- She was a Nun working as a nurse.
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World Events (8)
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.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Middle English atte forde, a forde ‘at the ford’ (Old English ford ‘ford, river crossing’). Compare Ford .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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