Brief Life History of William
When William Harston was born in 1829, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Harston, was 57 and his mother, Mary Margaret Skidmore, was 37. He married Charlotte Jane Lees on 18 June 1854, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Saint Mary the Virgin, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- William Harston in household of Mary Harston, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ancestry Family Trees
- William Harston, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Harston in Leicestershire, from Old English hār ‘gray; boundary’ + stān ‘stone’. Some bearers may take their name from Harston in Cambridgeshire, but it is unclear if this name has survived to the present day. The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Herel (genitive Herles) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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