Brief Life History of Marianne
When Marianne Foster was born in 1828, in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Foster, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 24. She married George Veal on 26 October 1853, in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Minstead, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861.
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- Mary Foster in household of John Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Marianne Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Ann Foster, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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