Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Preston was born in 1819, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. She died in 1838, at the age of 19.
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World Events (3)
1823
Age 4
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Age 11
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 14
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.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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