Brief Life History of John
When John Long was born in 1800, in Hereford St Owen, Herefordshire, England, his father, William Long, was 26 and his mother, Priscilla Parry, was 25. He married Mrs Elizabeth Hawkins on 23 July 1832, in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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- John Long, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Long, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Long, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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