Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Topham was born on 6 January 1825, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Topham, was 29 and her mother, Eliza Livesey, was 28. She married James Willard Cummings on 14 December 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Aldbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 August 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Hannah Cummings in household of Jas W Cummings, "United States Census, 1880"
- Hannah Topham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Hannah T Cummings, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northern, especially Yorkshire):
nickname from Middle English Toppan, of uncertain meaning. The second element is perhaps Middle English pan(ne) ‘(crown of the) head’, while Top- could be derived from several different words. If from Middle English toppen ‘to shave (the head)’, then Toppan might have been a name for a barber who provided tonsures for the clergy. Alternatively, Top- might represent Middle English tup, top(pe) ‘ram, male sheep’, hence ‘ram-head’, or Middle English top(pe), Anglo-Norman French tupe ‘hair on the head, tuft of hair, forelock’, denoting someone with a distinctive head of hair.
variant of Topping .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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