Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Knox was born on 10 November 1821, in Spittal by Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Knox, was 39 and her mother, Dorothy Smith, was 39. She had at least 6 sons with Peter Robinson. She lived in Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years.
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Sources (11)
- Elizabeth Robinson in household of Peter Robinson, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Elizabeth Knox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", b. 19 Nov 1821.
- Elizabeth Knox or Kox, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Northumberland and Durham): from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from any of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Scotland named with Gaelic cnoc ‘hill’, for example Knock in Renfrewshire. It is not possibly to disentangle this from the surname derived from the English etymon mentioned in 1 above.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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