Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Herridge was born in 1809, in Gillingham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. He died in 1880, at the age of 71.
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World Events (3)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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 (southern): habitational name from Herridges in Pauntley (Gloucestershire) or Highridge in King's Nympton (Devon). The Gloucestershire placename may derive from Old English (ge)hæg ‘fence, enclosure’ + hrycg ‘ridge’, or while the Devon placename comes from an uncertain initial element + Old English hrycg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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