Brief Life History of John
When John Stock was born on 12 October 1808, in Great Waltham, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Stock, was 41 and his mother, Mary Boltwood, was 36. He had at least 1 daughter with Eleanor Stock. He lived in Writtle, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- John Stock, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John Stock, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
- John Stock, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English stok(ke), stock(e) ‘tree trunk, tree stump’ (Old English stocc). In some cases the reference may be to a primitive footbridge over a stream consisting of a felled tree trunk. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by a tree stump or footbridge, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Stock Green and Stock Wood in Inkberrow (Worcestershire) or Stokke in Great Bedwyn (Wiltshire). Compare Stocker .
English: variant of Stoke .
German and Dutch: from Middle German stoc ‘tree, tree stump’, hence a topographic name equivalent to 1 above, but sometimes also a nickname for an impolite or obstinate person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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