Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Scott was born in 1831, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Scott, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Pond, was 27. She married John Moon in 1850, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Wingfield, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died in 1905, in Melksham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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- Sarah Scott in household of Joseph Scott, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Jane Scott - Government record: birth-name: Sarah Jane Scott
- Sarah, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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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.
1854 · The Crimean War
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.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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