When Eliza Halford was born on 15 July 1823, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Halford, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Sanderson, was 25. She married Henry Bowns on 26 December 1843, in All Saints' Church, Blaby, Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Blaby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 23 September 1885, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
English (mainly Midlands): habitational name from any of various places called Halford. Most, for example those in Warwickshire, Devon, and Shropshire, or the lost place Haleford in Pembury (Kent), are named from Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ + ford ‘ford’.
English: variant of Alford with prosthetic H-.
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