Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Speed was born on 5 May 1816, in Blackwell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Speed, was 50 and her mother, Mary Rawson, was 45. She married Joseph Darlington on 18 November 1855, in Blackwell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Charlote Speed, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charlotte Speed, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Charlotte Speed, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
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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: nickname from Middle English sped ‘success, prosperity, wealth, smooth progress’ (hence the modern meaning ‘swiftness’); also ‘speed, quickness’ (Old English sped), used either for a fortunate, wealthy, or successful person, or for a swift runner.
Irish (Mayo): when not the English name, adopted for Gaelic Ó Fuada, from fuad ‘haste’ (see Foody ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schnell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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