Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Holbrow was born in 1823, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Cox Holbrow, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Gillman, was 32. She married Francis Lyon on 26 May 1845, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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Sources (2)
- Elizabeth Lyon, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Elizabeth Lyon in household of Francis Lyon, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (8)
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
1854 · The Crimean War
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.
Name Meaning
English: locative name, perhaps from a lost or as yet unidentified place named with Middle English hol(e) ‘hole, hollow’ + burgh ‘stronghold’. Formally this could be Holbury in Fawley (Hants), but there does not appear to be any direct relation between that place and the examples of the surname recorded below, although note Agnes Holbury, 1379 in Poll Tax (Salisbury, Wilts).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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