Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Stockham was born on 12 February 1809, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Stockham, was 32 and her mother, Mary Watts, was 34. She married William Wilson Smart on 17 November 1845, in Walcot, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lea, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Corsham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 14 January 1894, in Minety, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84, and was buried in Neston, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jane Smart in household of William Smart, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Jane Stockham, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
- Jane Smart in household of William Smart, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Stockham in Witheridge (Devon), from Old English stōd ‘stud, herd of horses’ + cumb ‘valley’.
habitational name from Stockham Marsh in Bremhill (Wiltshire), which may derive from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + hamm ‘water meadow’ or hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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