When James Dalby was born in 1827, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Dalby, was 39 and his mother, Jane Haxby, was 38. He married Susannah Blackburn on 25 May 1850, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in 1902, in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Erik, Knud, Nels, Obert.
Norwegian, Danish, and northern English: habitational name from any of various places called Dalby, named with Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’. The English surname is common in Yorkshire, where it derives mainly from Dalby in North Yorkshire, but similarly named places in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire are also possible sources. In Norway, it is common as a farm name. See also Dahlby .
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