Brief Life History of Edmund
When Edmund Timms was born on 28 May 1830, in Itchington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Timms, was 56 and his mother, Susannah Cowden, was 44. He married Mary Askew on 10 April 1852, in Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in April 1907, in Warwickshire, England, at the age of 76.
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- Edmond Timo, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Edmund Tims, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edmund Tims, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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.
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
English (Oxfordshire): patronymic from Timm .
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Tims .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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