Brief Life History of Eliza
Eliza Skinner was born about 1815, in Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Jacob Skinner. She married James Bates on 25 October 1843, in Biddenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Staplehurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Leigh, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 28 January 1893, in Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- Eliza Ballard in household of John James Bates, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Eliza Skinner, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Eliza Bates, "Find A Grave Index"
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about 1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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