Brief Life History of Susannah
Susannah Crosby was born in 1817, in Great Wigborough, Essex, England. She married John Wilshire on 15 May 1837, in Great Wigborough, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Great Wigborough, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died in 1852, in Great Wigborough, Essex, England, at the age of 35, and was buried in Great Wigborough, Essex, England.
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- Susanna Wiltshire in household of John Wiltshire, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Susanna Willsher in entry for Susanna Jane Willsher, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
- Susanah Wilsher in household of John Wilsher, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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Children (6)
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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