Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Furness was born in 1826, in Stanwix, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Furness, was 50 and her mother, Mary Wilson, was 49. She married Bartholomew Morphet on 4 February 1856, in Bridekirk, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Setmurthy, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Westmorland, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Elizabeth Furness in household of Thomas Furness, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth Furness, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Furness, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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World Events (8)
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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the district on the south coast of Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Futharnes, so named from the genitive case (Futhar) of Old Norse Futh, meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes ‘headland, nose’.
English (of Norman origin): occasionally perhaps a variant of Furneaux (see Furnace 2). The two names were sometimes confused.
Norwegian: old variant of Furnes (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), a habitational name from any of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes, from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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