When John Raynor was born about 1832, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Augustus Raynor, was 25 and his mother, Jane Baker Brogdale, was 25. He married Ann Green on 28 December 1852, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1910, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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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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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: of Norman origin, from the Old French personal name Rainer, Reiner, Renier (ancient Germanic Raginhari, from ragin ‘counsel’ + hari, heri ‘army’). The surname was later much confused with Reynold and Renard .
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