Brief Life History of William Francis
When William Francis Butt was born on 17 December 1821, in Lea, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Butt Sr., was 11818 and his mother, Elizabeth Brownett, was 27. He married Maria Exton in 1846, in Lea, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 November 1858, in Lea, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 36, and was buried in Lea, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Francis Butt, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- William Butt, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
- William Butt in entry for Henry Butt, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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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
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Tariq, Muhammad, Abdul, Nasir, Mohammed, Abid, Arif, Khalid, Nadeem, Shahid, Tahir.
English: nickname from Middle English but(te), Old English butta ‘(something or someone) short and stumpy’, also used as a personal name up until c. 1200.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mound, from Middle English but(te). Alternatively, possibly denoting someone who lived by a tree stump. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this sense is not recorded in English before 1601, but it may be much older.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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