Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Forward was born on 20 November 1826, in Sandhurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Forward, was 23 and his mother, Mary Standen, was 22. He married Matilda Alexander on 7 February 1850, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ticehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 23 March 1902, in Williamsburgh, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- Alfred Forward, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Alfred Forward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Alfred, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
perhaps from Middle English for(e)ward, forthward ‘agreement, contract, pledge’. It might have been given to someone who negotiated agreements or who acted as a pledge for another person.
perhaps sometimes a metathesized form of Middle English froward, fraward ‘contrary, unruly, willful, perverse’. Alternatively, this may be a nickname from Middle English for(e)ward ‘forward, advanced’. It is not until the 16th century that the word is recorded meaning ‘ready, eager, precocious, presumptuous’, but perhaps it already had some of these senses in Middle English.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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