When George Burton was born on 11 April 1823, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Burton, was 32 and his mother, Martha Rogers, was 32. He married Amy Byron about 1848, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Nottingham St Nicholas, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 13 December 1893, in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .
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