Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Weaver was born on 3 February 1816, in Donnington, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Weaver, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Hill, was 35. He married Jane Murdoch on 19 January 1843, in Oxford St Ebbe, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in December 1853, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 37, and was buried in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edward Weaver in household of Frederick Weaver, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Edward Weaver, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Weaver, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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