Joseph Pickup

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Pickup was born on 10 July 1825, in Crawshawbooth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Pickup, was 28 and his mother, Mary Eastwood, was 28. He married Hannah Wilkinson in 1852, in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Higher Booths, Lancashire, England in 1881 and Accrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 21 October 1888, at the age of 63, and was buried in Goodshaw, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Joseph Pickup
1825–1888
Maria Bond
1833–
Marriage: 30 April 1870
Mary Elizabeth Bond
1862–
Thomas Pickup
1871–
Martha Pickup
1874–

Sources (25)

  • Joseph Pickup, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Joseph Pickup, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joseph Pickup, "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 (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so called from Old English pīc ‘point’ + copp ‘top’, i.e. a hill with a sharp peak.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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