Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Stevens was born on 12 March 1832, in Hayle, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jacob Stevens, was 22 and her mother, Eliza Symons, was 16. She married John Trewhela on 25 December 1853, in Horfield, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Horfield, Bristol, England, United Kingdom in 1853. She died on 5 April 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Helena Neslin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eleanor Stevens, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Stevens, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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