Brief Life History of Edward Thomas
When Edward Thomas Edwards was born on 29 April 1821, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Edwards, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 28. He married Ann Edmunds on 10 October 1863. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 11 March 1883, at the age of 61, and was buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Edward Edwards in household of John Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edward Edward, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Edward Thomas Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography of John Edwards, born 1831
There was a certain Elder, Rees Fellish, came preaching the gospel to our village, bearing a strong testimony of its authenticity. He was an acquaintance of Edward and Elizabeth. Mother Elizabeth wa …
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