When George Mitchell was born in 1812, in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Mitchell, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Gridley, was 27. He married Sarah Salvage on 6 December 1835, in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Alpheton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in May 1891, in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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