Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Harris was born in 1829, in Wombourne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Harris, was 44 and her mother, Lucy, was 42. She married Richard Poulton on 18 September 1848, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Church Bridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 23 May 1900, in Church Wilne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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- Jane Poulton in household of Richard Poulton, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Jane Harris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jane Harris, "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.
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 (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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