Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Harper was born on 1 September 1818, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Harper, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Rich, was 30. She married William Willcox on 22 June 1838, in Bristol St Mary Redcliffe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Westhay, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died in 1893, in Meare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- Betsy Willcox, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Betsy in entry for William Alfred Wilcox, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- Betty Willcox, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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