Eliza Blake
1810–1894 (Age 84)
Birchanger, Essex, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Eliza
When Eliza Blake was born about 1810, in Birchanger, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joshua Blakes, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Mumford, was 18. She died in 1894, at the age of 84.
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Family Time Line
Joshua Blakes
1788–1885
Sarah Mumford
1792–1873
Eliza Blake
1810–1894
George Blakes
1812–
Frances Blakes
1824–1877
Sarah Blake
1827–1899
Joshua Blakes
1827–1909
Joseph Blakes
1814–
Mary Blakes
1817–1817
William Blake
1819–1898
Susan Blake
1820–1862
Esther Blakes
1830–
James Blakes
1833–
Emma Blake
1835–
Parents & Siblings
1788–1885Male
1792–1873Female
siblings
(12)
1810–1894Female
1812–Male
1814–Male
1817–1817Female
1819–1898Male
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World Events (7)
1815
Age 5
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Age 13
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 23
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.
Name Meaning
1 English: variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.2 English: nickname from Old English blāc ‘wan’, ‘pale’, ‘white’, ‘fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.3 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bláthmhaic ‘descendant of Bláthmhac’, a personal name from bláth ‘flower’, ‘blossom’, ‘fame’, ‘prosperity’ + mac ‘son’. In some instances, however, the Irish name is derived from Old English blæc ‘dark’, ‘swarthy’, as in 1 above. Many bearers are descended from Richard Caddell, nicknamed le blac, sheriff of Connacht in the early 14th century. The English name has been Gaelicized de Bláca.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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