Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Kirton was born on 29 November 1827, in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Kirton, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Jackson, was 29. She married William Lowther on 30 January 1847, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Egton cum Newland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Colton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died in 1858, in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 31.
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- Isabella Lowther in household of William Lowther, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Isabella, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Isabella Kirton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kirton (Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk), or Kirton in Lindsey (Lincolnshire). The placenames derive from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ (probably replacing Old English cirice ‘church’) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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