Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Rigg was born in 1832, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Anthony Rigg, was 46 and her mother, Hannah Nicholson, was 39. She married Myles Birkett on 5 February 1853, in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brigham, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Coniston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died in 1869, in Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 37.
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- Mary Rigg in household of Anthony Rigg, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Rigg, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Myles Birkett, father "Thomas" marriage to Mary Rigg,"minor" father "Anthony" 5 February 1853
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the many minor placenames in northern England named with Middle English rigg (Old Norse hryggr) ‘ridge’. Compare the synonymous Ridge .
German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names based on the element rīc ‘power(ful)’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
Altered form of Swiss German Rüegg (see Ruegg ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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