When John Eames was born on 29 December 1819, in Orcop, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Eames, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Ann Castree, was 23. He married Sarah Elizabeth Powell on 3 February 1843, in Garway, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Radnorshire, Wales in 1861. He died on 24 November 1869, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
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.
English: from Middle English eme, eim ‘uncle’ (Old English ēam). Most of the modern variants of the surname have post-medieval excrescent -s.
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Biography of Hannah Jenkins Eames, emigrant pioneer 1868 By Maurine Clifford Hannah Jenkins was born 3 June 1832 in Crasswall, Herefordshire, England. She was the daughter of Henry Jenkins and A …
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