When Elizabeth Watts was born on 12 January 1825, in Gresham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Watts, was 25 and her mother, Rachel Horner, was 27. She married Orren Alexander Gibbs on 2 April 1846, in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Tuscola, Tuscola Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1860. She died on 26 January 1890, in Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, United States.
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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.
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English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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