When Mary King Lockyer was born in 1833, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abraham William Lockyer, was 42 and her mother, Grace King, was 33. She married James Garner White on 18 May 1860, in Deptford, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1878, in Shoreditch, Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 45.
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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.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
English (mainly Dorset): occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English lokier ‘locksmith’. Compare Locker and Locklear .
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