When Joseph Furner was born in 1827, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Furner, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Leadbetter, was 43. He married Harriet Mahala Bryant in 1848, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Brede, Sussex, England in 1851 and Udimore, Sussex, England for about 20 years. He died in 1882, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55.
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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: occupational name from Middle English furner, fourner ‘baker, person in charge of a bake-house or oven’ (Old French fornier, furnier ‘baker’; Late Latin furnarius, a derivative of furnus ‘oven’). Compare Fournier .
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