Thomas Watts 1806–1885

Thomas WattsAge: 791806–1885

Name: Thomas Watts

Given names: Thomas

Surname: Watts

Facts and events
Families
Census summary

Events of close relatives Historical facts

Birth

about 1806

Biddenden, Kent, England

History

1809 (Age 3)

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.

History

1811 (Age 5)

Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane. 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 6)

Note: Napoleon invades Russia. War of 1812 between England and the United States.

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1814 (Age 8)

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War. England and allies invade France. Napoleon exiled to Elba.

History

1815 (Age 9)

Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days. Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic. Corn Laws passed.

History

1819 (Age 13)

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.

History

1820 (Age 14)

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death

History

1821 (Age 15)

Note: Napoleon dies.

Marriage

Mary Wickens - View family
30 August 1826 (Age 20)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Birth of a son
#1

about 1827 (Age 21)

Biddenden, Kent, England

son - Thomas Watts

Birth of a son
#2

about 1829 (Age 23)

Biddenden, Kent, England

son - John Watts

History

1829 (Age 23)

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.

History

1830 (Age 24)

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds. Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).

Birth of a son
#3

about 1831 (Age 25)

Biddenden, Kent, England

son - William Watts

History

1832 (Age 26)

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.

Birth of a daughter
#4

about 1833 (Age 27)

Biddenden, Kent, England

daughter - Mary Watts

History

1833 (Age 27)

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire. Factory Act.

History

1834 (Age 28)

Note: New Poor Law. Houses of Parliament burn down.

History

1837 (Age 31)

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.

Birth of a son
#5

about 1838 (Age 32)

Biddenden, Kent, England

son - Edmund Watts

History

1838 (Age 32)

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.

History

1839 (Age 33)

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.

Birth of a daughter
#6

1840 (Age 34)

Biddenden, Kent, England

daughter - Ann Watts

History

1840 (Age 34)

Note: Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort. Penny post started. S.F.B. Morse invents the telegraph. Grammar Schools Act.

Census

6 June 1841 (Age 35)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:

Fosters Green

Shared note: 1841 UK Census transcript - Thomas Watts - Biddenden

History

1842 (Age 36)

Note: Chartist Riots. Copyright Act. Potato Failure in Europe, starvation in Ireland. Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.

Birth of a daughter
#7

about 1844 (Age 38)

Biddenden, Kent, England

daughter - Elizabeth Watts

History

1849 (Age 43)

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.

History

1850 (Age 44)

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.

Census

30 March 1851 (Age 45)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:

Fosters Green

Shared note: 1851 UK Census transcript - Thomas Watts - Biddenden

History

1851 (Age 45)

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).

History

1853 (Age 47)

Note: Crimean War.

History

1855 (Age 49)

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.

History

1857 (Age 51)

Note: The Mutiny (India).

History

1858 (Age 52)

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.

Census

7 April 1861 (Age 55)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:

Fosters Green

Shared note: 1861 UK Census transcript - Thomas Watts - Biddenden

History

1861 (Age 55)

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning. American Civil War.

Marriage of a son

Edmund Watts - View family
between October 1861 and December 1861 (Age 55)

Tenterden R D, Kent, England

son - Edmund Watts

daughter-in-law - Mary Crittle

History

1862 (Age 56)

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.

Marriage of a daughter

Mary Watts - View family
between October 1862 and December 1862 (Age 56)

Tenterden R D, Kent, England

son-in-law - George Johnson

daughter - Mary Watts

History

1864 (Age 58)

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.

Marriage of a daughter

Elizabeth Watts - View family
between April 1866 and June 1866 (Age 60)

Tenterden R D, Kent, England

son-in-law - Samuel Munday

daughter - Elizabeth Watts

History

1867 (Age 61)

Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic. 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 63)

Note: Suez Canal opened.

History

1869 (Age 63)

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.

History

1870 (Age 64)

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards. Franco-Prussian War.

Census

2 April 1871 (Age 65)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:

Fosters Green

Shared note: 1871 UK Census transcript - Thomas Watts - Biddenden

History

1871 (Age 65)

Note: Trade unions legalised. Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day. Germany unified.

History

1876 (Age 70)

Note: Victoria named Empress of India. Edison invents the phonograph. Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.

History

1877 (Age 71)

Note: Transvaal annexed.

History

1879 (Age 73)

Note: Zulu war.

History

1880 (Age 74)

Note: War with Transvaal.

Census

3 April 1881 (Age 75)

Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:

Ragley Wood

Shared note: 1881 UK Census transcript - Thomas Watts - Biddenden

History

1882 (Age 76)

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.

History

1883 (Age 77)

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.

History

1884 (Age 78)

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.

History

1885 (on the date of death)

Note: Fall of Khartoum.

Death

between January 1885 and March 1885 (Age 79) Age: 81

Biddenden, Kent, England

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Family with Mary Wickens - View family

himself	Thomas Watts Birth about 1806 Biddenden, Kent, England Death between January 1885 and March 1885 (Age 79) Age: 81 Biddenden, Kent, England Loading...
-1 years wife	Mary Wickens Birth about 1805 Biddenden, Kent, England Death between July 1885 and September 1885 Age: 80 Biddenden, Kent, England Loading...
	Marriage: 30 August 1826 — Biddenden, Kent, England
4 months #1 son	Thomas Watts Birth about 1827 21 22 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
2 years #2 son	John Watts Birth about 1829 23 24 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
2 years #3 son	William Watts Birth about 1831 25 26 Biddenden, Kent, England Death between July 1913 and September 1913 Age: 82 Biddenden, Kent, England Loading...
2 years #4 daughter	Mary Watts Birth about 1833 27 28 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
5 years #5 son	Edmund Watts Birth about 1838 32 33 Biddenden, Kent, England Death between April 1915 and June 1915 Age: 77 Tenterden R D, Kent, England Loading...
2 years #6 daughter	Ann Watts Birth 1840 34 35 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
4 years #7 daughter	Elizabeth Watts Birth about 1844 38 39 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...