When Eliza Godwin was born in 1831, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Godwin, was 30 and her mother, Eliza, was 29. She married William Haynes in 1854, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. In 1851, at the age of 20, her occupation is listed as "dress maker" in Leek, Staffordshire, 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.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English:
from the common Old English personal name Godwine, a compound of god ‘god’ + wine ‘friend, protector, lord’, which survived the Conquest. Compare Goodwin , with which it has most probably been confused.
alternatively, the name may occasionally derive from an Old English female personal name Godwynn.
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