William Edwards was born on 30 May 1824, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Jones on 26 December 1848, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 12 October 1883, in Leigh, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59.
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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.
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English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
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