When Elizabeth Edgell was born on 16 September 1832, in Hawley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Edgell, was 45 and her mother, Ann, was 44. She married William Johns on 12 October 1861, in Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died in February 1925, in Hawley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 92, and was buried in Hawley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (Somerset): variant of Edghill .
English: rarely from the Middle English personal name Eggell (Old English Ecgel), a diminutive of names beginning with Ecg- (from ecg ‘sword’), though this is rare. Alternatively, this name may also derive from the Middle English personal name Eggolf (Old English Ecgwulf, from ecg ‘sword’ + wulf ‘wolf’), though again this is rare.
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