Brief Life History of William
When William Elton was born in 1810, his father, Joseph Elton, was 40 and his mother, Ann Hutchinson, was 31.
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- Wm. Elton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Elton, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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World Events (8)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Elton (Berkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire). The Eltons in Chesire, Derbyshire, and Durham are from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’. Elton in Berkshire is from the Old English female personal name Æthelflǣd (composed of the elements æthel ‘noble’ + flǣd ‘beauty’). Both Elton in Herefordshire and in Nottinghamshire are from the Old English personal name Ella + tūn. The Berkshire origin for the surname is especially well represented.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in eastern Norway, in Old Norse Elgjartún ‘enclosed sacred place’ (or fenced in for elg ‘moose’?).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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