Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jones
Elizabeth Jones Clapp was born on 7 August 1826, in Sileby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Martin Clapp. She married Daniel R. Knight on 8 August 1846, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She died on 8 October 1851, in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States.
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- Elizabeth Jones Clapp Knight, "Find a Grave Index"
- Elizabeth J Clapp, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Elizabeth J., "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): either from Middle English clop(pe), clap(pe) ‘lump’, perhaps denoting a stocky person, or Middle English clap(pe) ‘loud noise; noisy, idle chatter’.
Americanized form of German Klapp .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Klep: nickname from klep ‘sharpness of scythe or sickle’, also ‘sharpening with a hammer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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