When Ann Messenger was born in 1824, in Aspatria, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Musgrave Messenger, was 39 and her mother, Jane Coulthard, was 31. She lived in Brigham, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English: occupational name from Middle English messager, messenger ‘messenger’ (Old French messagier, messager).
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