Brief Life History of David
When David James was born on 5 November 1832, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, David James, was 28 and his mother, Priscilla Taylor, was 22. He married Jane Humphreys on 2 January 1853, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shrewsbury St Mary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 23 May 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- David James in household of David James, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- David James, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
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DAVID JAMES Sr – 1804
David James Sr. was born in Shewsbury, Shropshire, England on February 2, 1804, the son of Patrick James and Ann Hill. He married Priscilla Taylor on February 1, 1832 in Shrewsbury, where their thr …
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