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William Thomas1756–?

Name
William Thomas
Given names
William
Surname
Thomas
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Birth about 1756
 Cornwall, England

History 1756
 

Note: Seven Years War.
History 1757 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Clive captures India from the French.
History 1758 (Age 2)
 

Note: First threshing machine invented.
History 1759 (Age 3)
 

Note: British Museum opens.
History 1760 (Age 4)
 

Note: George II dies, his grandson crowned George III.<br />French surrender Montreal to the British.<br />Wedgwood opens pottery works.
History 1763 (Age 7)
 

Note: Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War. France cedes Canada and the Mississippi Valley to Britain.
History 1764 (Age 8)
 

Note: Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
History 1769 (Age 13)
 

Note: Arkwright invents a spinning machine.
History 1771 (Age 15)
 

Note: Arkwright's first spinning mill.
History 1773 (Age 17)
 

Note: Boston Tea Party.
History 1775 (Age 19)
 

Note: American Revolution begins.<br />Watt's first efficient steam engine.
History 1776 (Age 20)
 

Note: American colonies declare their independence.
History 1779 (Age 23)
 

Note: First steam powered mills. Crompton invents spinning mule.
History 1781 (Age 25)
 

Note: Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown, Va.
History 1783 (Age 27)
 

Note: Peace treaty signed in Paris between Great Britain and the United States.
History 1785 (Age 29)
 

Note: Cartwright builds power loom.
History 1786 (Age 30)
 

Note: Coal gas first used for lighting.
History 1789 (Age 33)
 

Note: Bastille falls, French Revolution begins.
History 1793 (Age 37)
 

Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war.
History 1798 (Age 42)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 43)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 about 1801 (Age 45)
 Madron, Cornwall, England

daughter - Elizabeth Thomas
History 1801 (Age 45)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 48)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 49)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 53)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 55)
 

Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane.<br />Luddite riots in the North and the Midlands. Laborers attack factories and break up the machines which they fear will replace them.
History 1812 (Age 56)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 58)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 59)
 

Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days.<br />Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic.<br />Corn Laws passed.
History 1819 (Age 63)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 64)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
Marriage of a daughterElizabeth Thomas - View family
10 December 1821 (Age 65)
 Crowan, Cornwall, England

son-in-law - William Bartle
daughter - Elizabeth Thomas
History 1821 (Age 65)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 73)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 74)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 76)
 

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 77)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 78)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 81)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 82)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 83)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 84)
 

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 85)
 Crowan, Cornwall, England

Address:
Carzise
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - William Bartle - Crowan

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
William Bartle40MMinerY
Elizabeth Bartle40FY
Elizabeth Bartle15FY
William Bartle14MY
Jane Bartle11FY
Catherine Bartle6FY
Thomas Bartle2MY
William Thomas85MAg. Lab.Y

History 1842 (Age 86)
 

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.
History 1849 (Age 93)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 94)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 95)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 97)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 99)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 101)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 102)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 105)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 106)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 108)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 111)
 

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)
History 1869 (Age 113)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 113)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 114)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 115)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
Death
 

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William Thomas

Birth about 1756  Cornwall, England

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#1 daughter
Elizabeth Thomas

Birth about 1801 45  Madron, Cornwall, England

Death  Cornwall, England

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 85)  Crowan, Cornwall, England Carzise
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - William Bartle - Crowan

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
William Bartle40MMinerY
Elizabeth Bartle40FY
Elizabeth Bartle15FY
William Bartle14MY
Jane Bartle11FY
Catherine Bartle6FY
Thomas Bartle2MY
William Thomas85MAg. Lab.Y

 

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