Sarah Skinner was born in 1826, in Tiverton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. She married John Winsborough on 29 January 1848, in Tiverton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Exeter St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died in 1909, in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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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.
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.
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).
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