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James Possee1825–?

Name
James Possee
Given names
James
Surname
Possee
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Birth 1825 41 33
 Marden, Kent, England

Birth of a brother about 1827 (Age 2)
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

younger brother - Robert Possee
Birth of a brother about 1829 (Age 4)
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

younger brother - Samuel Possee
Occupation
Police Constable
 

Employer: London Metropolitan Police
Note: 
Information from James' police record, given by Sarah Evans and Tony Billinghurst, direct ancestors:

"At one stage James was demoted, after allowing a prisoner to escape!"
History 1829 (Age 4)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 5)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 7)
 

Note: First Reform Bill: adds 10 pound/year householders to the voting rolls and reapportions Parliamentary representation much more fairly, doing away with most rotten and pocket boroughs. Adds 217,000 voters to an electorate of 435,000.
History 1833 (Age 8)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
Birth of a sister about 1834 (Age 9)
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

younger sister - Ann Possee
History 1834 (Age 9)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a brother about 1835 (Age 10)
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

younger brother - George Possee
History 1837 (Age 12)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 13)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 14)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 15)
 

Note: Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort.<br />Penny post started.<br />S.F.B. Morse invents the telegraph.<br />Grammar Schools Act.
Census 6 June 1841 (Age 16) Age: 15
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Address:
Folley
History 1842 (Age 17)
 

Note: Chartist Riots.<br />Copyright Act.<br />Potato Failure in Europe, starvation in Ireland. Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.
MarriagePriscilla Fullagar - View family
1846 (Age 21)
 Maidstone, Kent, England

Birth of a son
#1		 between April 1846 and June 1846 (Age 21)
 Chart Sutton, Kent, England

son - James William Possee
Birth of a son
#2		 between July 1848 and September 1848 (Age 23)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - John Thomas Possee
History 1849 (Age 24)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 25)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Death of a wife between January 1851 and March 1851 (Age 26)
 Southwark, Surrey, England

wife - Priscilla Fullagar
History 1851 (Age 26)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
MarriageSarah Sutton - View family
between January 1852 and March 1852 (Age 27)
 Lambeth, London, England

Birth of a daughter
#3		 1853 (Age 28)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Priscilla Possee
History 1853 (Age 28)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 30)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
Birth of a son
#4		 1856 (Age 31)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - George W Possee
History 1857 (Age 32)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
Birth of a son
#5		 between January 1858 and March 1858 (Age 33)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - William Charles Possee
History 1858 (Age 33)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
Birth of a son
#6		 1861 (Age 36)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - Thomas J Possee
History 1861 (Age 36)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 37)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 1863 (Age 38)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Matilda Possee
History 1864 (Age 39)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Birth of a daughter
#8		 between January 1865 and March 1865 (Age 40)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Elizabeth Sutton Possee
Death of a daughter between January 1865 and March 1865 (Age 40)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Elizabeth Sutton Possee
Birth of a son
#9		 between January 1866 and March 1866 (Age 41)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - Joseph Henry Possee
History 1867 (Age 42)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic.<br />Second Reform Bill: enfranchises many workingmen, adds 938,000 to an electorate of 1,057,000 in England and Wales. (Disraeli's legislation)
Birth of a daughter
#10		 between January 1868 and March 1868 (Age 43)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Hephzibah Possee
Death of a son between January 1868 and March 1868 (Age 43)
 Lambeth, London, England

son - Joseph Henry Possee
History 1869 (Age 44)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 44)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
Birth of a daughter
#11		 1870 (Age 45)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Sarah Possee
Death of a daughter between April 1870 and June 1870 (Age 45)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Hephzibah Possee
History 1870 (Age 45)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
Marriage of a sonJames William Possee - View family
1871 (Age 46)
 Mile End, London, England

son - James William Possee
daughter-in-law - Mary Annie Tyler
History 1871 (Age 46)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
Birth of a daughter
#12		 1873 (Age 48)
 Lambeth, London, England

daughter - Louisa Possee
Marriage of a sonJohn Thomas Possee - View family
24 January 1876 (Age 51)
 Hanover Square, London, England

son - John Thomas Possee
niece - Sally "Sarah" Maynard
History 1876 (Age 51)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 52)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 54)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 55)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Charles Possee - View family
between July 1882 and September 1882 (Age 57)
 St Saviour, Middlesex, England

son - William Charles Possee
daughter-in-law - Grace Watson
History 1882 (Age 57)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 58)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
Death of a son between April 1884 and June 1884 (Age 59)
 Southwark, Middlesex, England

son - William Charles Possee
History 1884 (Age 59)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 60)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 61)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 62)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 64)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
Marriage of a daughterLouisa Possee - View family
1893 (Age 68)
 Lambeth, London, England

son-in-law - George Samuel Wintle
daughter - Louisa Possee
History 1897 (Age 72)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 73)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 74)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 76)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 78)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 79)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 80)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 89)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 91)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 92)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
Marriage of a sonJames William Possee - View family
28 August 1918 (Age 93)
 Gravesend, Kent, England

son - James William Possee
daughter-in-law - Martha Anne Hastings
History 1918 (Age 93)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
Death of a son between July 1920 and September 1920 (Age 95)
 Gravesend, Kent, England

son - James William Possee
Death of a son between July 1920 and September 1920 (Age 95)
 Southwark, Middlesex, England

son - John Thomas Possee
History 1922 (Age 97)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 103)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 111)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 112)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 113)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 114)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 114)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 115)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 116)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 116)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 116)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 116)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 118)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 118)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Possee

Birth 1784  

Death Yes  

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8 years
mother
Mary Watson

Birth before 23 October 1791  Marden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 12 October 1808 — Maidstone, Kent, England
3 years
#1 elder sister
Mary Ann Possee

Birth before 14 May 1811 27 19  Marden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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12 years
#2 elder brother
John Walter Possee

Birth 1823 39 31  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death between July 1888 and September 1888 (Age 65)  Maidstone, Kent, England

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2 years
#3 himself
James Possee

Birth 1825 41 33  Marden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 younger brother
Robert Possee

Birth about 1827 43 35  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#5 younger brother
Samuel Possee

Birth about 1829 45 37  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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5 years
#6 younger sister
Ann Possee

Birth about 1834 50 42  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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1 year
#7 younger brother
George Possee

Birth about 1835 51 43  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Priscilla Fullagar - View family
himself
James Possee

Birth 1825 41 33  Marden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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-1 years
wife
Priscilla Fullagar

Birth 1824 28 28  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death between January 1851 and March 1851 (Age 27)  Southwark, Surrey, England

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Marriage: 1846 — Maidstone, Kent, England
3 months
#1 son
James William Possee James William Possee

Birth between April 1846 and June 1846 21 22  Chart Sutton, Kent, England

Death between July 1920 and September 1920 (Age 74)  Gravesend, Kent, England

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2 years
#2 son
John Thomas Possee

Birth between July 1848 and September 1848 23 24  Lambeth, London, England

Death between July 1920 and September 1920 (Age 72)  Southwark, Middlesex, England

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Family with Sarah Sutton - View family
himself
James Possee

Birth 1825 41 33  Marden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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7 years
wife
Sarah Sutton

Birth 1832  Chilham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: between January 1852 and March 1852 — Lambeth, London, England
1 year
#1 daughter
Priscilla Possee

Birth 1853 28 21  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#2 son
George W Possee

Birth 1856 31 24  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 son
William Charles Possee

Birth between January 1858 and March 1858 33 26  Lambeth, London, England

Death between April 1884 and June 1884 Age: 26  Southwark, Middlesex, England

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3 years
#4 son
Thomas J Possee

Birth 1861 36 29  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#5 daughter
Matilda Possee

Birth 1863 38 31  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#6 daughter
Elizabeth Sutton Possee

Birth between January 1865 and March 1865 40 33  Lambeth, London, England

Death between January 1865 and March 1865  Lambeth, London, England

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1 year
#7 son
Joseph Henry Possee

Birth between January 1866 and March 1866 41 34  Lambeth, London, England

Death between January 1868 and March 1868 (Age 2)  Lambeth, London, England

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2 years
#8 daughter
Hephzibah Possee

Birth between January 1868 and March 1868 43 36  Lambeth, London, England

Death between April 1870 and June 1870 (Age 2)  Lambeth, London, England

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2 years
#9 daughter
Sarah Possee

Birth 1870 45 38  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#10 daughter
Louisa Possee

Birth 1873 48 41  Lambeth, London, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 16) Age: 15  Chart Sutton, Kent, England Folley
 

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