Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Hodgkinson was born in 1828, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, her father, Edmund Hodgkinson, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Truman, was 26. She married John Smith on 5 October 1857. She lived in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Ellen Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Ellen Hodgkinson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Hodgkinson in the Nottinghamshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
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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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ho(d)gkin (see Hodgkin ) + son.
History: The name Hodgkinson has long had two main areas of concentration; in western Lancashire, England, around Preston, and in northern Derbyshire around Ashover. It appears in the Preston guild rolls in 1582 in the spelling Hogekynson. The English actor John Hodgkinson came to NY in 1792.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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