When Thomas Barrett was born in August 1822, in Patrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Barrett, was 33 and his mother, Catharine Charlton, was 30. He married Sarah Elizabeth Andrew on 21 January 1846, in Patrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Patrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom for about 50 years. He died on 20 July 1902, in Patrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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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 Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
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