Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Foster was born about 1813, in Barrowden, Rutland, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Foster, was 43 and her mother, Mary Woods, was 40. She married Frederick Loveday on 5 May 1834, in Barrowden, Rutland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in England, United Kingdom in 1838 and Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years.
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Sources (14)
- Sarah Loveday, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sarah
- Sarah Forster, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (7)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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