When Alice Whittaker was born about 1812, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Whittaker, was 34 and her mother, Ann, was 34. She married James Gregson on 8 December 1853, in St Mary The Virgin's Church, Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Elton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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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 Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
English: variant of Whitaker .
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