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Mary Ailward1818–?

Name
Mary Ailward
Given names
Mary
Surname
Ailward
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Birth before 8 February 1818 31 21
 Benenden, Kent, England

Baptism 8 February 1818
 Benenden, Kent, England

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
Baptism of a brother 9 September 1824 (Age 6)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Ailward
Birth of a sister before 14 November 1824 (Age 6)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Ailward
Baptism of a sister 14 November 1824 (Age 6)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Ailward
Birth of a brother before 1 July 1827 (Age 9)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger brother - Edward Ailward
Baptism of a brother 1 July 1827 (Age 9)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger brother - Edward Ailward
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
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
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
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
Birth of a sister about 1837 (Age 18)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Louisa Ailward
History 1837 (Age 18)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
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 about 1841 (Age 22)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Ellen Ailward
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
History 1855 (Age 36)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
Marriage of a motherMary Gurr - View family
between April 1857 and June 1857 (Age 39)
 Tenterden R D, Kent, England

step-father - John Palmer
mother - Mary Gurr
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
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).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Ailward

Birth about 1787 26 25  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death before 26 April 1854 (Age 67)  Biddenden, Kent, England

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10 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
14 months
#1 elder sister
Harriet "Harriott" Ailward

Birth before 10 January 1813 26 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 29 19  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 herself
Mary Ailward

Birth before 8 February 1818 31 21  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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7 years
#4 younger brother
Thomas Ailward

Birth before 9 September 1824 37 27  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 months
#5 younger sister
Sarah Ailward

Birth before 14 November 1824 37 27  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#6 younger brother
Edward Ailward

Birth before 1 July 1827 40 30  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#7 younger sister
Betsy Ailward

Birth before 11 April 1830 43 33  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death before 20 March 1846 (Age 15)  Biddenden, Kent, England

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5 years
#8 younger brother
George Ailward

Birth before 25 December 1834 47 37  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Louisa Ailward

Birth about 1837 50 40  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#10 younger sister
Ellen Ailward

Birth about 1841 54 44  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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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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