In a message dated 18/03/2009 13:08:31 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Also, this relative is listed as 15 years old. I am wondering what the child labor laws were in 1911 and a few years back. I would like to know how long he could have been working at this employment. ______________________________________________________________ 1893 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 11 1899 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 12 1901 Act No employment under fourteen without a certificate A child thirteen years of age may be employed full time if he/she had a certificate of proficiency in reading, writing and arithmetic, or of "previous due attendance at a certified efficient school" 1918 Act Full-time education compulsory from 5 – 14 years. Abolished half-time schooling and exemptions such as early leaving in agricultural districts which the earlier system allowed. A pony driver drove the horse or pony used for hauling tubs in a coal mine. Stan Mapstone