When Ann E Powell was born on 7 May 1820, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Powell, was 53 and her mother, Elizabeth Wright, was 50. She married Thomas Edmund Genge on 6 May 1844, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 December 1907, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
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