Brief Life History of John
When John Weston was born on 12 June 1818, in Benenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Weston, was 59 and his mother, Anne Buley Weston, was 39. He married Eleanor Coveney in 1838, in Southwark St Olave, Surrey, England. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hawkhurst, Kent, England in 1891. He died in July 1894, in Benenden, Kent, England, at the age of 76, and was buried in Benenden, Kent, England.
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- John Weston, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- John Weston, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Weston, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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