Our FamiliesPeople, Places, and History
  • Home
  • Contact
Main menu
  • Home
  • Contact

Frances Tester1832–?

Name
Frances Tester
Given names
Frances
Surname
Tester
Married Name
Frances Roffe
  • Facts and events
  • Families
  • Census summary
Birth about 1832
 Leigh, Kent, England

MarriageView family
Yes
 

History 1832
 

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 12 months)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 2)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 5)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 6)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 7)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 8)
 

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 10)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 17)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 18)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 between January 1851 and March 1851 (Age 19)
 Leigh, Kent, England

daughter - Mary Ann Tester
History 1851 (Age 19)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
Baptism of a daughter 6 April 1851 (Age 19)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

daughter - Mary Ann Tester
History 1853 (Age 21)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 23)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 25)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
Birth of a son
#2		 between July 1858 and September 1858 (Age 26)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

son - William Tester
History 1858 (Age 26)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
MarriageWilliam Roffe - View family
between October 1858 and December 1858 (Age 26)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Baptism of a son 7 November 1858 (Age 26)
 Leigh, Kent, England

son - William Tester
Birth of a son
#3		 between July 1860 and September 1860 (Age 28)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

son - Alfred Roffe
Census 7 April 1861 (Age 29)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Address:
Stannards Cottage
Shared note:  1861 UK Census transcript - William Roffe - Sevenoaks

NameRelationMCAgeSexOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
William RoffeHeadM32MCowmanKent, Sevenoaks
Frances RoffeWifeM28FKent, Leigh
Mary Ann TesterdaughterS10FScholarKent, Sevenoaks
William TestersonS2MKent, Leigh
Alfred RoffesonS7mMKent, Sevenoaks
Joshua ShoebridgeLodgerW60MAg LabKent, Chislehurst

History 1861 (Age 29)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 30)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 32)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Death of a husband between April 1867 and June 1867 (Age 35)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

husband - William Roffe
History 1867 (Age 35)
 

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 37)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 37)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 38)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 39)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 44)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 45)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 47)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 48)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
Marriage of a daughterMary Ann Tester - View family
between July 1882 and September 1882 (Age 50)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

son-in-law - Edward Shoebridge
daughter - Mary Ann Tester
History 1882 (Age 50)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 51)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 52)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 53)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 54)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 55)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 57)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 65)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 66)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 67)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 69)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 71)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 72)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 73)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 82)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 84)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 85)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 86)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
Death of a daughter between October 1919 and December 1919 (Age 87)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

daughter - Mary Ann Tester
History 1922 (Age 90)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 96)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 104)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 105)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 106)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 107)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 107)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 108)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 109)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 109)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 109)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 109)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 111)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 111)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 113)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 113)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 113)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
DeathYes
 

Family with unknown person - View family
herself
Frances Tester

Birth about 1832  Leigh, Kent, England

Death Yes  

Loading...
 
Marriage: Yes
#1 daughter
Mary Ann Tester

Birth between January 1851 and March 1851 19  Leigh, Kent, England

Death between October 1919 and December 1919 (Age 68)  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Loading...
Family with William Roffe - View family
husband
William Roffe

Birth about 1828  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death between April 1867 and June 1867 (Age 39) Age: 38  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Loading...
4 years
herself
Frances Tester

Birth about 1832  Leigh, Kent, England

Death Yes  

Loading...
 
Marriage: between October 1858 and December 1858 — Sevenoaks, Kent, England
-3 months
#1 son
William Tester

Birth between July 1858 and September 1858 30 26  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

Loading...
2 years
#2 son
Alfred Roffe

Birth between July 1860 and September 1860 32 28  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

Loading...
Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
7 April 1861 (Age 29)  Sevenoaks, Kent, England Stannards Cottage
Shared note:  1861 UK Census transcript - William Roffe - Sevenoaks

NameRelationMCAgeSexOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
William RoffeHeadM32MCowmanKent, Sevenoaks
Frances RoffeWifeM28FKent, Leigh
Mary Ann TesterdaughterS10FScholarKent, Sevenoaks
William TestersonS2MKent, Leigh
Alfred RoffesonS7mMKent, Sevenoaks
Joshua ShoebridgeLodgerW60MAg LabKent, Chislehurst

 

Powered by Kiwitrees™