When John Bocock was born on 1 January 1826, in Newstead, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Bocock, was 29 and his mother, Hannah Dixon, was 33. He married Ann Cundell on 18 October 1858, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Broughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Sale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 10 August 1885, in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Matlock, Derbyshire, 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.
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
English: variant of Bulcock .
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Possible Related NamesWilliam Bocock was born 29 February 1796 in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, described by Charles Dickens as the “sleepiest town in England.” He was christened 9 March 1796 at the parish church, Market Ras …
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