Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Lock was born on 25 September 1821, in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Lock, was 35 and her mother, Sophia Hills, was 25. She married Edmund Stark on 24 October 1850, in Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Shalfleet, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in July 1869, in Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 47.
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- Elizabeth Lock in household of Robert Lock, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth Lock, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Locke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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: topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca. Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.
English, Dutch, and German: nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair), curl’. Compare Lok .
Americanized form of German Loch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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