When Mary Ann Pugh was born on 3 February 1832, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Pugh, was 21 and her mother, Mary Davies, was 31. She married Joseph Watson Young on 18 September 1852, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 20 September 1853, in Green River, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
Welsh: Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Hugh ‘son of Hugh’ (see Hughes ).
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Possible Related NamesFollowing is a detailed account of Capt. Joseph W. Young's company crossing the plains from Keokuk, Iowa, to Salt Lake City <in 1853> written by Elder Henry Pugh, the clerk of the company. The ship …
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