When Ann Bainbridge was christened on 2 December 1821, in Barton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Bainbridge, was 26 and her mother, Mary McKenzie, was 20.
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Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
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.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English: habitational name from Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn ‘straight’) + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
History: A family of this name was very prominent in Princeton, NJ, from the mid 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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