When Sarah Wigglesworth was born on 11 January 1824, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Wigglesworth, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Ransom, was 35. She married Christopher Pullan on 12 July 1845, in Hartwith, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hartwith, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 40 years. She died on 20 August 1903, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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.
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Wigglesworth in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Winchelesuuorde, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Wincel meaning ‘child’ + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
History: Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705), Puritan poet and preacher, was brought from Yorkshire to New England as a child in 1638. His first home was in Charlestown, MA; subsequently, he settled in New Haven, CT. From 1651 onward he was a fellow of Harvard College; in 1654 he was appointed minister at Malden, MA. His son and grandson, both named Edward were professors of divinity at Harvard.
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