Brief Life History of Charlott Maria
When Charlott Maria Knight was born in 1825, her father, James Knight, was 42 and her mother, Susanna Tratt, was 40. She married John Rice Barfett on 7 August 1850, in Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Clarington, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 28 March 1878, in Newcastle, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 53.
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- Charlotte Barfett, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Charlott Knight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charlotte Barfett, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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