When Sarah Archer was born about 1833, in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Archer, was 45 and her mother, Anne Eggleston, was 28. She married Alfred Chislett in September 1868, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Kennington, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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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 and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .
German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.
Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).
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