Brief Life History of John Arkwright
When John Arkwright Hodgkinson was born in 1814, in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Arkwright Hodgkinson, was 39 and his mother, Ann Pidcock, was 41.
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- John Hodgkinson or Arkwright, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Hodgkinson Or Arkwright, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- John Hodgkinson Or Arkwright, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
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.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ho(d)gkin (see Hodgkin ) + son.
History: The name Hodgkinson has long had two main areas of concentration; in western Lancashire, England, around Preston, and in northern Derbyshire around Ashover. It appears in the Preston guild rolls in 1582 in the spelling Hogekynson. The English actor John Hodgkinson came to NY in 1792.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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