When Mary Ann Bowers was born about 1828, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Bowers, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Walker, was 26. She married Thomas Round on 12 July 1847, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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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: variant of Bower , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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