Brief Life History of John
When John Tye was born on 15 August 1828, in Cranford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Tye, was 41 and his mother, Ester Askew, was 39. He married Ann Palmer on 13 November 1853, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Leicester St Mary, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 28 March 1885, at the age of 56.
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- John Toy, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- John Toy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Toy, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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.
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 (mainly Kent): from Middle English tye, teghe, teye ‘enclosed piece of land; large area of common pasture’ (Old English tēag, tīege). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near such a piece of land, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Teigh (Rutland) or Great, Little, and Marks Tey (Essex).
North German: from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄭, probably representing its Teochew, Hokkien, or Taiwanese pronunciation. See Zheng 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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