Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Woolstenhulme was born about 1826, in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Woolstenhulme, was 38 and her mother, Jenny Greenhalgh, was 36. She married William Hadfield on 31 December 1843, in St Mary The Virgin's Church, Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in East Crompton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died about 1860, at the age of 36.
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- Mary Hadfield in household of William Hadfield, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Mary Wolstenholme, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
- Mary Hadfield in household of William Hadfield, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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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.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Wolstenholme .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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