When Eliza Griffiths was born in 1830, in Yarmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Griffiths, was 46 and her mother, Ann Fryer, was 40. She married Joseph Biddlecombe in 1850, in Yarmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died in January 1907, in Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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.
Welsh (Glamorgan and western England): Anglicized form of the patronymic (ap) Gruffudd, from Old Welsh Grippiud (see Griffith ).
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