Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen RILEY was born on 14 November 1829, in Kirkham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Hesketh Riley, was 22 and her mother, Grace Wilcock, was 23. She had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with William Holmes. She lived in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died in 1871, in Kirkham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 42, and was buried in England, United Kingdom.
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- Ellen Riley in household of Hesketh Riley, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ellen Riley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Riley - Published information: death: 1871; Kirkham, Lancashire, England
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton, which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire), Royley in Royton (Lancashire), or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish: from Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’, Old Irish Roghallach. This is the name of a chieftain family in Cavan, related to the O'Rourkes. In Anglicized form it has also been confused with Ó Raithile found in Munster, usually Anglicized as O'Rahilly or Rahilly . See O'Reilly .
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