When Maria Kemsley was born on 13 January 1813, in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Kemsley, was 27 and her mother, Susannah Hernden, was 27. She had at least 1 son.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
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.
English (Kent): habitational name from Kemsley Street in Bredhurst (Kent). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Cyma (genitive Cymes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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