Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Sleight was born on 25 December 1817, in Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Sleight, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Gaunt, was 29. He married Susan R Kind on 12 April 1839, in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 14 October 1887, in Fleet, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in Fleet, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richard Sleight, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Richard Slight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Sleight, "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 (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire):
nickname from Middle English sleight, slet ‘wise, clever, skillful, sly’, derived from the noun of the same form (Old Norse slœgth ‘slyness’). Compare Sly .
from Middle English sleyte ‘level field’ (Old Norse slétta). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or by a level field, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Sleights in Kirkby Moorside or Sleights in Whitby (both North Yorkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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