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Michael Brooker1824–?

Name
Michael Brooker
Given names
Michael
Surname
Brooker
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Birth about 1824 28 18
 East Peckham, Kent, England

Birth of a sister about 1825 (Age 12 months)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Brooker
Birth of a sister about 1829 (Age 5)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Ann Brooker
History 1829 (Age 5)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 6)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Birth of a sister about 1831 (Age 7)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Matilda Brooker
History 1832 (Age 8)
 

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 brother about 1833 (Age 9)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger brother - John Brooker
History 1833 (Age 9)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 10)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a sister about 1836 (Age 12)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Elizabeth Brooker
History 1837 (Age 13)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
Birth of a sister about 1838 (Age 14)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Eliza Brooker
History 1838 (Age 14)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 15)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Birth of a brother about 1840 (Age 16)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger brother - Henry Brooker
History 1840 (Age 16)
 

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 17)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - Michael Brooker - West Peckham

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
Michael Brooker45MAg LabY
Elizabeth Brooker35FY
Michael Brooker17MY
Mary Ann Brooker12FY
Matilda Brooker10FY
John Brooker8MY
Elizabeth Brooker5FY
Eliza Brooker3FY
Henry Brooker1MY

Birth of a sister about 1842 (Age 18)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Fanny Brooker
History 1842 (Age 18)
 

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.
Birth of a brother about 1844 (Age 20)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger brother - Joseph Brooker
Birth of a sister about 1849 (Age 25)
 West Peckham, Kent, England

younger sister - Phillis Brooker
History 1849 (Age 25)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 26)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 27)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 29)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 31)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 33)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 34)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
Death of a father between April 1860 and June 1860 (Age 36)
 Malling R D, Kent, England

father - Michael Brooker
History 1861 (Age 37)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 38)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 40)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 43)
 

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 45)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 45)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 46)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 47)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 52)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 53)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 55)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 56)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 58)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 59)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 60)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 61)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 62)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
Death of a mother between January 1887 and March 1887 (Age 63)
 Maidstone R D, Kent, England

mother - Elizabeth Thompson
History 1887 (Age 63)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 65)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 73)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 74)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 75)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 77)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 79)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 80)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 81)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 90)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 92)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 93)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 94)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 98)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 104)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 112)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 113)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 114)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 115)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 115)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 116)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 117)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 117)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 117)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 117)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 119)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 119)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Michael Brooker

Birth before 22 November 1795 45 43  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between April 1860 and June 1860 (Age 64)  Malling R D, Kent, England

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mother
Elizabeth Thompson

Birth about 1806  East Peckham, Kent, England

Death between January 1887 and March 1887 (Age 81) Age: 86  Maidstone R D, Kent, England

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Marriage: 31 March 1823 — Hadlow, Kent, England
9 months
#1 himself
Michael Brooker

Birth about 1824 28 18  East Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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1 year
#2 younger sister
Sarah Brooker

Birth about 1825 29 19  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#3 younger sister
Mary Ann Brooker

Birth about 1829 33 23  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 younger sister
Matilda Brooker

Birth about 1831 35 25  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#5 younger brother
John Brooker

Birth about 1833 37 27  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#6 younger sister
Elizabeth Brooker

Birth about 1836 40 30  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#7 younger sister
Eliza Brooker

Birth about 1838 42 32  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#8 younger brother
Henry Brooker

Birth about 1840 44 34  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Fanny Brooker

Birth about 1842 46 36  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#10 younger brother
Joseph Brooker

Birth about 1844 48 38  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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5 years
#11 younger sister
Phillis Brooker

Birth about 1849 53 43  West Peckham, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 17)  West Peckham, Kent, England
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - Michael Brooker - West Peckham

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
Michael Brooker45MAg LabY
Elizabeth Brooker35FY
Michael Brooker17MY
Mary Ann Brooker12FY
Matilda Brooker10FY
John Brooker8MY
Elizabeth Brooker5FY
Eliza Brooker3FY
Henry Brooker1MY

 

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