When Thomas Bicknell was christened on 3 June 1821, in Southam, Warwickshire, England, his father, Richard Bicknell, was 43 and his mother, Mary Bullock, was 36. He married Ann Tallis on 8 February 1847, in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Southam, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died about 1903, in Staffordshire, England, at the age of 83.
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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.
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English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .
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