Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Toy was born on 22 February 1822, in Cranford, Northamptonshire, England, her father, John Tye, was 34 and her mother, Ester Askew, was 32. She married William Dalby on 19 October 1845, in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England. She lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 24 July 1852, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, at the age of 30, and was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
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- Esther Dalby in household of William Dalby, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Esther Toy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Esther Toy, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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
English: nickname for a light-hearted or frivolous person, from Middle English toy(e), toi(e) ‘trifling thing; play, sport’; or from Old French toie ‘sheath’ (from Latin theca), perhaps for a sheath maker.
English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Toye, of obscure origin.
English: habitational name from a lost or unidentified placename of uncertain etymology, most probably in eastern Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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