Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Wright was born in 1817, in Abbeytown, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Wright, was 23 and her mother, Mary Penrice, was 21. She married Samuel Hallifax on 22 October 1845, in Abbeytown, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She lived in Woodside by Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Sebergham, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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- Margret Halifax in household of Samual Halifax, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Margaret Wright, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Margaret Wright, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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 and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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