When James Grover was born in 1827, in Reading, Berkshire, England, his father, William Grover, was 35 and his mother, Maria Chamberlain, was 32. He married Sarah Butler on 25 September 1853, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in September 1914, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87, and was buried in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
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