When George Weddell was born on 15 July 1832, in Gateshead, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Weddell, was 40 and his mother, Mary Boyd, was 33.
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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.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Scottish and English (Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire): variant of Weddle . See Waddell .
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