When William Windous was born on 10 December 1809, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Windous, was 27 and his mother, Esther Pearce, was 21. He married Martha Lambert about 1829, in Bledington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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 Windows, an occupational name for a worker at a winding house (for threads, yarn, etc.), from a derivative of Middle English winden ‘to wind’ + hous. Compare Winder 3. This name may also have been confused with Winders .
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