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John Waghorn1821–?

Name
John Waghorn
Given names
John
Surname
Waghorn
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Birth before 21 October 1821 32 39
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

Baptism 21 October 1821
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

History 1821
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a brother before 31 August 1823 (Age 22 months)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - William Waghorn
Baptism of a brother 31 August 1823 (Age 22 months)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - William Waghorn
Birth of a brother before 5 March 1826 (Age 4)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Richardson Waghorn
Baptism of a brother 5 March 1826 (Age 4)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Richardson Waghorn
Birth of a brother before 8 June 1828 (Age 6)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - George Waghorn
Baptism of a brother 8 June 1828 (Age 6)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - George Waghorn
History 1829 (Age 7)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 8)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Birth of a brother before 12 June 1831 (Age 9)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Charles Waghorn
Baptism of a brother 12 June 1831 (Age 9)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Charles Waghorn
History 1832 (Age 10)
 

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 11)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 12)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 15)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 16)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 17)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 18)
 

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 20)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.
MarriageSophia Waterhouse - View family
5 July 1845 (Age 23)
 Kilndown, Kent, England

History 1849 (Age 27)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 28)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 29)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 31)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 33)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 35)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
Death of a mother between April 1858 and June 1858 (Age 36)
 Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

mother - Hannah Latter
History 1858 (Age 36)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
Death of a father between April 1859 and June 1859 (Age 37)
 Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

father - John Richardson Waghorn
History 1861 (Age 39)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 40)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 42)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 45)
 

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 47)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 47)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 48)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 49)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 54)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 55)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 57)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 58)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 60)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 61)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 62)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 63)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 64)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 65)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 67)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 75)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 76)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 77)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 79)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 81)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 82)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 83)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 92)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 94)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 95)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 96)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 100)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 106)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 114)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 115)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 116)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 117)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 117)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 118)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
John Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 10 February 1789 19  Marden, Kent, England

Death between April 1859 and June 1859 (Age 70) Age: 77  Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

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-7 years
mother
Hannah Latter

Birth about 1782  Sandhurst, Kent, England

Death between April 1858 and June 1858 (Age 76) Age: 78  Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

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Marriage: 21 March 1811 — Marden, Kent, England
5 years
#1 elder brother
James Waghorn

Birth before 3 March 1816 27 34  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death between April 1890 and June 1890 (Age 74) Age: 70  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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20 months
#2 elder sister
Harriett Waghorn

Birth before 26 October 1817 28 35  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 elder sister
Ann Waghorn

Birth before 21 November 1819 30 37  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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23 months
#4 himself
John Waghorn

Birth before 21 October 1821 32 39  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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22 months
#5 younger brother
William Waghorn

Birth before 31 August 1823 34 41  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#6 younger brother
Thomas Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 5 March 1826 37 44  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#7 younger brother
George Waghorn

Birth before 8 June 1828 39 46  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#8 younger brother
Charles Waghorn

Birth before 12 June 1831 42 49  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Sophia Waterhouse - View family
himself
John Waghorn

Birth before 21 October 1821 32 39  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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6 years
wife
Sophia Waterhouse

Birth about 1828  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 5 July 1845 — Kilndown, Kent, England
 

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