Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Ward was born in 1828, in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Bryan Ward, was 37 and her mother, Jane Rice, was 33. She married Matthew Leeson on 24 May 1866, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Elizabeth Ward in household of Jane Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Elizabeth Jane Ward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Jane Ward, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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