Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Ashton was born about 1833, in Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Ashton, was 40 and her mother, Jane, was 41. She married Daniel Snelgrove on 25 December 1860. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in South Stoneham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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- Anne Aston in household of James Aston, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ann Ashton, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- Ann Snelgrove in household of Daniel Snelgrove, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æt thǣm) æscum ‘(at the) ash trees’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tūn) of Æschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of Ælli’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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