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William Roberts1788–?

Name
William Roberts
Given names
William
Surname
Roberts
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Birth 1788 42 37
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

Baptism 29 January 1789 (Age 12 months)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

History 1789 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Bastille falls, French Revolution begins.
Birth of a brother 1792 (Age 4)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Richard Roberts
Baptism of a brother 27 April 1792 (Age 4)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Richard Roberts
History 1793 (Age 5)
 

Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war.
Birth of a brother before 5 July 1795 (Age 7)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Roberts
Baptism of a brother 5 July 1795 (Age 7)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Roberts
History 1798 (Age 10)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 11)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
Death of a father October 1800 (Age 12)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

father - William Roberts
History 1801 (Age 13)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 16)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 17)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 21)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 23)
 

Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane.<br />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 24)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 26)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 27)
 

Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days.<br />Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic.<br />Corn Laws passed.
Death of a mother August 1817 (Age 29)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

mother - Mary Keel
History 1819 (Age 31)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 32)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 33)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 41)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 42)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 44)
 

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 45)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 46)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 49)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 50)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 51)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 52)
 

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.
History 1842 (Age 54)
 

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 61)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 62)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 63)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 65)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 67)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 69)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 70)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 73)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 74)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 76)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 79)
 

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 81)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 81)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 82)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 83)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 88)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 89)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 91)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 92)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 94)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 95)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 96)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 97)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 98)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 99)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 101)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 109)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 110)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 111)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 113)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 115)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 116)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 117)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
DeathYes
 

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father
William Roberts

Birth 1746  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death October 1800 Age: 54  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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5 years
mother
Mary Keel

Birth about 1751  

Death August 1817 Age: 66  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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Religious marriage: 31 March 1776 — Goudhurst, Kent, England
21 months
#1 elder sister
Hannah Roberts

Birth 1778 32 27  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#2 elder sister
Mary Roberts

Birth 1780 34 29  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 elder brother
John Roberts

Birth 1782 36 31  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#4 elder sister
Elizabeth Roberts

Birth 1785 39 34  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 himself
William Roberts

Birth 1788 42 37  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#6 younger brother
Richard Roberts

Birth 1792 46 41  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#7 younger brother
Thomas Roberts

Birth before 5 July 1795 49 44  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death 26 May 1876 (Age 80) Age: 81  Yalding, Kent, England

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