Jane Alderton

Femaleabout 1810–

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Jane Alderton was born about 1810, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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    World Events (3)

    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

    English: habitational name from any of a number of places called Alderton. Those in Suffolk and Shropshire (Alretuna in Domesday Book) are named with Old English alor + tūn, meaning ‘the settlement by the alders’. Those in Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, and Wiltshire are named with the Old English personal name Ealdhere, meaning ‘settlement associated with Ealdhere’. The one in Essex contains a different personal name, probably the woman's name Æthelwaru. In England, the surname is most common in East Anglia, making the places in Suffolk and Essex the most likely sources.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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