Brief Life History of Willson Gates
When Willson Gates Nowers was born on 8 March 1828, in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Nowers, was 47 and his mother, Susannah Gates, was 34. He married Sarah Anderson on 28 June 1855, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in St James, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Beaver Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1907. He died on 17 May 1922, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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- William Nowers in household of Willson Gates, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Wilson Gates Nowers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Wilson Gates Nowers, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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 (Kent):
(of Norman origin): habitational name from Noyers in Eure, France.
topographic name from the Middle English prepositional phrase atten ore, atte nore ‘at the riverbank or hillside’, or a habitational name from a place called with this phrase, such as Nore Hill in Eartham (Sussex), Nower Wood in Headley (Surrey), Nore Farm in Bramley (Surrey), or Nower Hill in Pinner (Middlesex). Compare Oare .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Willson Gates Nowers
One of the first settlers of Beaver County, and still a prominent citizen of that \/PJ part, is W. G. Nowers, a native of Dover, Kent, England. He was born March 8, 1828. His father, Edward Nowers. …
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