Brief Life History of Kimpton
When Kimpton Foster was born in 1830, in Layston, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Foster, was 49 and his mother, Mary Kimpton, was 47. He married Jane Wilmot in 1851, in Layston, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wyddial, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in 1909, in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- Kimpton Foster in household of William Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Kempton Forster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Kimpton Foster, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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