Mary Ailward1818–?
- Name
- Mary Ailward
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Ailward
| Birth | before 8 February 1818 29 21 Benenden, Kent, England |
| Baptism | 8 February 1818 Benenden, Kent, England Baptism - Mary Ailward - 1818 |
| History | 1819 (Age 10 months) Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| History | 1820 (Age 22 months) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| History | 1821 (Age 2) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| Birth of a brother | before 9 September 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Ailward
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| Birth of a sister | before 14 November 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Eliza Ailward
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| Birth of a sister | before 14 November 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Sarah Ailward
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| Baptism of a brother | 14 November 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Ailward
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| Baptism of a sister | 14 November 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Eliza Ailward
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| Baptism of a sister | 14 November 1824 (Age 6) Benenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Sarah Ailward
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| Birth of a brother | before 1 July 1827 (Age 9) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
Edward Ailward
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| Baptism of a brother | 1 July 1827 (Age 9) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
Edward Ailward
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| History | 1829 (Age 10) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| Birth of a sister | before 11 April 1830 (Age 12) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Betsy Ailward
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| History | 1830 (Age 11) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| Baptism of a sister | 11 April 1830 (Age 12) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Betsy Ailward
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| History | 1832 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| Birth of a brother | before 25 December 1834 (Age 16) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
George Ailward
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| History | 1834 (Age 15) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| Baptism of a brother | 25 December 1834 (Age 16) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger brother -
George Ailward
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| Birth of a sister | before 2 July 1837 (Age 19) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Louisa Ailward
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| History | 1837 (Age 18) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| Baptism of a sister | 2 July 1837 (Age 19) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Louisa Ailward
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| History | 1838 (Age 19) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 20) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 21) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | before 19 December 1841 (Age 23) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Ellen Ailward
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| Baptism of a sister | 19 December 1841 (Age 23) Biddenden, Kent, England
younger sister -
Ellen Ailward
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| History | 1842 (Age 23) 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 30) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 31) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 32) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 34) Note: Crimean War. |
| Death of a father | before 26 April 1854 (Age 36) Biddenden, Kent, England
father -
Thomas Ailward
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| History | 1855 (Age 36) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| Marriage of a mother | Mary Gurr - View family between April 1857 and June 1857 (Age 39) Tenterden R D, Kent, England
step-father -
John Palmer
mother -
Mary Gurr
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| History | 1857 (Age 38) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 39) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 42) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 43) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 45) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 48) 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 50) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 50) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 51) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 52) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 57) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 58) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 60) Note: Zulu war. |
| Death of a mother | before 4 July 1880 (Age 62) Tenterden, Kent, England
mother -
Mary Gurr
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| History | 1880 (Age 61) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 63) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 64) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 65) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 66) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 67) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 68) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 70) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 78) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 79) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 80) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 82) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 84) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 85) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 86) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| History | 1914 (Age 95) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 97) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 98) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 99) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 103) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 109) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 117) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 119) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Thomas Ailward
Birth before 14 December 1788 27 26 Biddenden, Kent, England Death before 26 April 1854 (Age 65) Biddenden, Kent, England |
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8 years mother |
Mary Gurr
Birth about 1797 Ewhurst, Sussex, England Death before 4 July 1880 (Age 83) Age: 80 Tenterden, Kent, England |
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Marriage: 19 November 1811 — Biddenden, Kent, England |
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14 months #1 elder sister |
Harriet "Harriott" Ailward
Birth before 10 January 1813 24 16 Benenden, Kent, England Death 7 November 1891 (Age 78) Age: 76 Frittenden, Kent, England |
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3 years #2 elder sister |
Ann Ailward
Birth before 28 January 1816 27 19 Benenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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2 years #3 herself |
Mary Ailward
Birth before 8 February 1818 29 21 Benenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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7 years #4 younger brother |
Thomas Ailward
Birth before 9 September 1824 35 27 Benenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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2 months #5 younger sister |
Eliza Ailward
Birth before 14 November 1824 35 27 Benenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
| #6 younger sister |
Sarah Ailward
Birth before 14 November 1824 35 27 Benenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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3 years #7 younger brother |
Edward Ailward
Birth before 1 July 1827 38 30 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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3 years #8 younger sister |
Betsy Ailward
Birth before 11 April 1830 41 33 Biddenden, Kent, England Death before 20 March 1846 (Age 15) Biddenden, Kent, England |
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5 years #9 younger brother |
George Ailward
Birth before 25 December 1834 46 37 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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3 years #10 younger sister |
Louisa Ailward
Birth before 2 July 1837 48 40 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
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5 years #11 younger sister |
Ellen Ailward
Birth before 19 December 1841 53 44 Biddenden, Kent, England Death Yes |
| Mother’s family with John Palmer - View family |
| step-father |
John Palmer
Birth about 1789 Lydd, Kent, England Death before 26 December 1874 (Age 85) Age: 86 Biddenden, Kent, England |
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8 years mother |
Mary Gurr
Birth about 1797 Ewhurst, Sussex, England Death before 4 July 1880 (Age 83) Age: 80 Tenterden, Kent, England |
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Marriage: between April 1857 and June 1857 — Tenterden R D, Kent, England |
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