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John Collison1794–?

Name
John Collison
Given names
John
Surname
Collison
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Birth 5 October 1794 26 26
 Headcorn, Kent, England

History 1798 (Age 3)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
Baptism 21 November 1799 (Age 5)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

Birth of a sister about 1799 (Age 4)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Collison
History 1799 (Age 4)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
Birth of a brother 1801 (Age 6)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Collison
History 1801 (Age 6)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
Baptism of a brother 31 October 1801 (Age 7)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Collison
Birth of a brother 1804 (Age 9)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

younger brother - Samuel Collison
History 1804 (Age 9)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
Baptism of a brother 7 October 1804 (Age 10)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

younger brother - Samuel Collison
History 1805 (Age 10)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 14)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 16)
 

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 17)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 19)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
MarriageMary Ann Mackender - View family
20 October 1815 (Age 21)
 Frittenden, Kent, England

History 1815 (Age 20)
 

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.
History 1819 (Age 24)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 25)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 26)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a son
#1		 1823 (Age 28)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - William Collison
Baptism of a son 1 July 1823 (Age 28)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - William Collison
Birth of a son
#2		 1825 (Age 30)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - Thomas Collison
Baptism of a son 10 April 1825 (Age 30)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - Thomas Collison
Birth of a son
#3		 1828 (Age 33)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - James Collison
Baptism of a son 16 March 1828 (Age 33)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - James Collison
History 1829 (Age 34)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 35)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 37)
 

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 38)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 39)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 1836 (Age 41)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

daughter - Susan Collison
Baptism of a daughter 18 December 1836 (Age 42)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

daughter - Susan Collison
History 1837 (Age 42)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 43)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 44)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 45)
 

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 son
#5		 1841 (Age 46)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - Richard Collison
History 1842 (Age 47)
 

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 son
#6		 1843 (Age 48)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son - George Collison
Marriage of a sonWilliam Collison - View family
between October 1846 and December 1846 (Age 51)
 Smarden, Kent, England

son - William Collison
daughter-in-law - Elizabeth Buckman
History 1849 (Age 54)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 55)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Census 30 March 1851 Age: 56
 Headcorn, Kent, England

Address:
Clerk House
Occupation
Agricultural labourer
30 March 1851 (Age 56)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

History 1851 (Age 56)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 58)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 60)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Collison - View family
1857 (Age 62)
 Smarden, Kent, England

son - William Collison
daughter-in-law - Sarah Spillett
History 1857 (Age 62)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
Marriage of a daughterSusan Collison - View family
14 April 1858 (Age 63)
 Headcorn, Kent, England

son-in-law - James Bingham
daughter - Susan Collison
History 1858 (Age 63)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 66)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 67)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 69)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 72)
 

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 74)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 74)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 75)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 76)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 81)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 82)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 84)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 85)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 87)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 88)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 89)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 90)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 91)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 92)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 94)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
Death of a son between October 1896 and December 1896 (Age 101)
 Smarden, Kent, England

son - William Collison
History 1897 (Age 102)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 103)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 104)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 106)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 108)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 109)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 110)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
John Collison

Birth before 9 January 1768  Langley, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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-1 months
mother
Elizabeth Elliott

Birth before 25 November 1767  Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 10 October 1792 — Chart Sutton, Kent, England
2 years
#1 himself
John Collison

Birth 5 October 1794 26 26  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#2 younger sister
Mary Collison

Birth about 1799 30 31  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 younger brother
Thomas Collison

Birth 1801 32 33  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#4 younger brother
Samuel Collison

Birth 1804 35 36  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Mary Ann Mackender - View family
himself
John Collison

Birth 5 October 1794 26 26  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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15 months
wife
Mary Ann Mackender

Birth 1796  Biddenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 20 October 1815 — Frittenden, Kent, England
7 years
#1 son
William Collison

Birth 1823 28 27  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death between October 1896 and December 1896 (Age 73)  Smarden, Kent, England

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2 years
#2 son
Thomas Collison

Birth 1825 30 29  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#3 son
James Collison

Birth 1828 33 32  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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8 years
#4 daughter
Susan Collison

Birth 1836 41 40  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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5 years
#5 son
Richard Collison

Birth 1841 46 45  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#6 son
George Collison

Birth 1843 48 47  Headcorn, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
30 March 1851 Age: 56  Headcorn, Kent, England Clerk House
 

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