When Sarah Ann Ruff was born in 1824, in Orsett, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Ruff, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Kempster, was 23. She married Willis Simons on 27 April 1858, in Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Crayford, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Sittingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 50 years. She died in September 1911, in Milton, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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.
English: nickname from Middle English rough, rowe, ruwe ‘rough (haired), shaggy, disheveled’.
English (of Norman origin): perhaps a post-medieval spelling of Roff or Roof ; see Rolfe .
Scottish: perhaps a Scots pronunciation of Rock .
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