Brief Life History of Edmond Thomas Morris
When Edmond Thomas Morris Gore or Goore was born about 1821, in Church Lench, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Gore or Goore, was 35 and his mother, Hannah Greaves, was 27.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Edmond Thomas Morris Gore or Goore - birth: about 1821; Church Lench, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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- Legacy NFS Source: Edmond Thomas Morris Gore or Goore - birth: about 1821; Church Lench, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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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: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.
French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.
French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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