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Edward Ailward1827–?

Name
Edward Ailward
Given names
Edward
Surname
Ailward
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Birth before 1 July 1827 40 30
 Biddenden, Kent, England

Baptism 1 July 1827
 Biddenden, Kent, England

History 1829 (Age 18 months)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
Birth of a sister before 11 April 1830 (Age 2)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Betsy Ailward
History 1830 (Age 2)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Baptism of a sister 11 April 1830 (Age 2)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Betsy Ailward
History 1832 (Age 4)
 

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 5)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
Birth of a brother before 25 December 1834 (Age 7)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger brother - George Ailward
History 1834 (Age 6)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Baptism of a brother 25 December 1834 (Age 7)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger brother - George Ailward
Birth of a sister about 1837 (Age 9)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Louisa Ailward
History 1837 (Age 9)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 10)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 11)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Ellen Ailward
Census 6 June 1841 (Age 13)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

Address:
Beacon
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - Thomas Ailward - Biddenden

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
Thomas Ailward50MAg LabY
Mary Ailward45FN
Ann Ailward25FY
Esward Ailward13MY
Betsy Ailward11FY
George Ailward6MY
Louisa Ailward4FY

History 1842 (Age 14)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 21)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 22)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 23)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 25)
 

Note: Crimean War.
Death of a father before 26 April 1854 (Age 26)
 Biddenden, Kent, England

father - Thomas Ailward
History 1855 (Age 27)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
Marriage of a motherMary Gurr - View family
between April 1857 and June 1857 (Age 29)
 Tenterden R D, Kent, England

step-father - John Palmer
mother - Mary Gurr
History 1857 (Age 29)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 30)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 33)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 34)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 36)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 39)
 

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 41)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 41)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 42)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 43)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 48)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 49)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 51)
 

Note: Zulu war.
Death of a mother before 4 July 1880 (Age 53)
 Tenterden, Kent, England

mother - Mary Gurr
History 1880 (Age 52)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 54)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 55)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 56)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 57)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 58)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 59)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 61)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 69)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 70)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 71)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 73)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 75)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 76)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 77)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 86)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 88)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 89)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 90)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 94)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 100)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 108)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 110)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 110)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 112)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 112)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 112)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 113)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 114)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 114)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 114)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 116)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 116)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 117)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 117)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 118)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
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 elder sister
Mary Ailward

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

Death Yes  

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7 years
#4 elder brother
Thomas Ailward

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

Death Yes  

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2 months
#5 elder sister
Sarah Ailward

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

Death Yes  

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3 years
#6 himself
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
Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 13)  Biddenden, Kent, England Beacon
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - Thomas Ailward - Biddenden

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
Thomas Ailward50MAg LabY
Mary Ailward45FN
Ann Ailward25FY
Esward Ailward13MY
Betsy Ailward11FY
George Ailward6MY
Louisa Ailward4FY

 

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