When Caleb Horn was born on 18 December 1832, in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Horn, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Holen, was 29. He married Mary Weeden on 9 April 1859, in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861.
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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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
German (Hören): habitational name from Höri, a peninsula in Lake Constance.
Altered form of German and Dutch Horn .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn .
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