Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew Rosevear was born on 5 May 1818, in St Neot, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, Matthew Rosevear, was 26 and his mother, Eleanor Crapp, was 21. He married Esther Smith on 10 November 1841, in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hamilton, Northumberland, Canada West, British Colonial America in 1851. He died on 7 July 1895, in Hamilton Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cold Springs, Hamilton Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
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- Mathew Roseveare, "Canada Census, 1851"
- Mathew Rosevear, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Matthew Rosevear, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Cornish: habitational name from Rosevear in Saint Mawgan in Meneage (Cornwall) or Roseveare in Saint Austell (Cornwall). The place in Saint Mawgan in Meneage is named with Middle Cornish ros ‘promontory, hill spur, moor’ + meur ‘big, great’; the place in Saint Austell is named with rid ‘ford’ + meur ‘big, great’. In both cases, the initial m- of the adjective has been lenited to v-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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