Mary Ann Humby was born on 6 March 1832, in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of William Humby and Elizabeth Watts Sign.
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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.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English, Welsh: locative name, apparently from Humby (Lincs) or Hanby in Welton (Lincs); the latter is recorded as Humbi in Domesday Book .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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