Henry Edwards was born in 1826, in Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom as the son of Cornelius Edwards and elizabeth. He married Mary Ann Finch on 13 February 1854, in Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Broadwater, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 16 September 1899, at the age of 73.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
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