Lucy Bridges
about 1811–
Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Lucy
Lucy Bridges was born about 1811, in Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas English Jones on 19 December 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Thomas English Jones
1811–1885
Lucy Bridges
1811–
Marriage: 19 December 1870
Spouse and Children
1811–1885Male
1811–Female
MARRIAGE
19 December 1870
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
19 December 1870
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
World Events (3)
1815
Age 4
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Age 12
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 22
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: variant of Bridge . The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge), meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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