Brief Life History of James
When James Duffin was born in 1829, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Greaves Duffin, was 31 and his mother, Betty Bearstow, was 31. He died on 8 August 1844, at the age of 15.
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- James Greave in household of John Greave, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Duffin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Duffin, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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World Events (4)
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 (Hampshire): possibly from the Old Norse personal name Dufan, a loan from Old Irish Dubán, derived from the ancestor of Gaelic dubh ‘dark’.
Irish (Antrim): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhfinn, ‘descendant of Dubhfionn’, a personal name composed of dubh ‘dark’ + fionn ‘fair’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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