Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah England was born on 10 October 1830, in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jacob England, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Veal, was 39. He married Mary Ann Packham on 30 June 1855, in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 30 October 1912, in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Elijah England, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
- Elijah England, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elijah England, "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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: habitational name from Middle English Engelond ‘England’. It was probably a formal alternative to English , which is also well evidenced as a surname in England. These names may have been acquired by English landowners who moved in Norman social circles or who lived in a neighbouring country (Scotland, Wales, or Ireland), or by English merchants who traded abroad.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named, from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’ + land ‘land’.
Swedish: ornamental name with the same meaning as 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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