Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah James was born in 1828, in Culmington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John James, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 24. She married Richard Thomas in 1855, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Darnall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died in 1880, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52.
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- Sarah Thomas in household of Richard Thomas, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Sarah James, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah James in entry for Richard Thomas, "England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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