When Thomas Kemsley was born in 1827, in Throwley, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nathaniel Kemsley, was 45 and his mother, Thomasine Higgins, was 32. He married Caroline Andrews on 28 January 1855, in Throwley, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1902, in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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’.
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