Brief Life History of Jabez
When Jabez Toy was born on 8 July 1830, in Crawford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Tye, was 43 and his mother, Ester Askew, was 41. He died in April 1853, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 22, and was buried in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (6)
- Jabez Tye in household of Joseph Bull, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Jabez Toy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jabez Toy, "England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1840-1894"
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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.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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