Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Norfolk was born in 1833, in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Norfolk, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Harvey, was 28. She married David Todd on 8 June 1857, in Christchurch, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Stoke by Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 12 December 1911, in Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rangiora, Waimakariri, New Zealand.
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- Marianne Norfolk, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Anne Norfolk, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- marriage of David Todd and Mary Ann Norfolk 1857
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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: habitational name from the county of Norfolk in East Anglia, so called from an Old English tribal name composed of the elements north ‘north’ + folc ‘people’ (in contrast to the sūthfolc of Suffolk).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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