When Aaron Brocklehurst was born on 26 October 1823, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Brocklehurst, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Mottershaw, was 40. He married Esther Jackson on 1 August 1870, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tupton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in March 1880, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56.
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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 (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Accrington named Brocklehurst, from Old English brocc-hol ‘badger's sett’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’.
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