When Leah Teague was christened on 4 April 1819, in St Erth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, Martin Teague, was 17 and her mother, Ann Trounson, was 28.
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Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
Irish (Tyrone): variant of Tighe .
Welsh and Cornish: descriptive nickname from Welsh teg or possibly Cornish tek ‘fair, beautiful’. There has been considerable confusion between the Welsh and Irish names, both in Wales and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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