When Susan Billings was born on 11 August 1828, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Billings, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Whitaker, was 30. She married Abraham Crabb on 9 October 1847, in St Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died in October 1885, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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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.
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.
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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