When William Stevens was born on 23 December 1819, in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Evans, was 35 and his mother, Ann Lock, was 21. He married Emma Crowden on 13 June 1847, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Platte, Nebraska, United States in 1860. He died on 8 March 1902, in Oakley, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Stevens Cemetery, Oakley, Summit, Utah, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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 (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 ).
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Possible Related NamesEmma Crowden was born on June 17, 1823 in Bridgwater, Somersetshire, England, which is located in the southwestern part of the country, just across the Bristol Channel from Wales. Emma was the daught …
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