Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Jesson was born in 1830, in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Jesson, was 33 and his mother, Ann Stott, was 31. He married Mary Ann Hartshorne on 16 May 1853, in Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. He lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 6 January 1900, in Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jeremiah Jesson in household of Noah Skidmore, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Jeremiah Jesson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jeremiah Jesson, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
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.
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: shortened form of Jephson, from the Middle English personal name Geff, a pet form of Geoffrey (see Jeff ) + -son, with -f- assimilated to the following -s-. Compare Jepson .
English: variant of Jason .
English: habitational name from Jurston, in Chagford (Devon). The placename means ‘Jordan's settlement’, from the Middle English personal name Jordan (genitive Jordanes) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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