When Mary Ann Fardon Beasley was born on 5 May 1825, in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Beasley, was -13 and her mother, Eleanor Cox, was 35. She married Abraham Halladay on 27 January 1845, in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 6 December 1895, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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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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English:
variant of Bisley, a habitational name from any of the places called Bisley in Gloucestershire and Surrey (the former named with the Old English personal name Bisa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, the later named with either a personal name or Old English bysce ‘copse, bushes’ + lēah), or Bisseley (a lost place in Coventry, Warwickshire).
habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley, probably named with Old English bēos ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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