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George Golden1823–?

Name
George Golden
Given names
George
Surname
Golden
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Birth 1 October 1823 39 32
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

Baptism 9 November 1823 (Age 39 days)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

Birth of a sister 4 November 1825 (Age 2)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Eliza Golden
Baptism of a sister 4 November 1825 (Age 2)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Eliza Golden
Birth of a brother 30 August 1827 (Age 3)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - James Golden
Baptism of a brother 14 October 1827 (Age 4)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - James Golden
History 1829 (Age 5)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
Birth of a brother 31 March 1830 (Age 6)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Joseph Golden
History 1830 (Age 6)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Baptism of a brother 6 June 1830 (Age 6)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Joseph Golden
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 sister 5 January 1833 (Age 9)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Emma Golden
History 1833 (Age 9)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
Baptism of a sister 17 February 1833 (Age 9)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Emma Golden
History 1834 (Age 10)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a brother 9 May 1835 (Age 11)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Jesse Golden
Baptism of a brother 21 June 1835 (Age 11)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger brother - Jesse Golden
History 1837 (Age 13)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 14)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Birth of a sister 10 November 1839 (Age 16)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Golden
History 1839 (Age 15)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Baptism of a sister 21 November 1839 (Age 16)
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Golden
Death of a mother between January 1840 and March 1840 (Age 16)
 Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

mother - Ann Richardson Waghorn
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.
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.
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 1861 and June 1861 (Age 37)
 Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

father - William Golden
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.
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 118)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 118)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 118)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Golden

Birth between 1784 and 1796  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death between April 1861 and June 1861 (Age 77) Age: 73  Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

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7 years
mother
Ann Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 19 October 1790 20  Marden, Kent, England

Death between January 1840 and March 1840 (Age 49) Age: 40  Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

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Marriage: 22 November 1818 — Goudhurst, Kent, England
8 months
#1 elder sister
Silvestra Ann Golden

Birth 3 August 1819 35 28  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death before 25 November 1819 Age: 3 months  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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1 year
#2 elder brother
Charles Golden

Birth 27 July 1820 36 29  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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19 months
#3 elder sister
Jane Golden

Birth 1 March 1822 38 31  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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19 months
#4 himself
George Golden

Birth 1 October 1823 39 32  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#5 younger sister
Eliza Golden

Birth 4 November 1825 41 35  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death before 9 November 1825 (Age 5 days) Age: 4 days  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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22 months
#6 younger brother
James Golden

Birth 30 August 1827 43 36  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#7 younger brother
Joseph Golden

Birth 31 March 1830 46 39  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#8 younger sister
Emma Golden

Birth 5 January 1833 49 42  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 younger brother
Jesse Golden

Birth 9 May 1835 51 44  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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5 years
#10 younger sister
Harriet Golden

Birth 10 November 1839 55 49  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Father’s family with Mary Moore - View family
father
William Golden

Birth between 1784 and 1796  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death between April 1861 and June 1861 (Age 77) Age: 73  Cranbrook R D, Kent, England

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11 years
step-mother
Mary Moore

Birth about 1795  

Death before 2 November 1817 (Age 22)  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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Marriage: 23 April 1812 — Goudhurst, Kent, England
2 years
#1 half-brother
William Golden

Birth 9 May 1814 30 19  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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13 months
#2 half-sister
Caroline Golden

Birth 29 May 1815 31 20  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 half-brother
James Golden

Birth 26 October 1817 33 22  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death before 10 December 1817 (Age 45 days)  Goudhurst, Kent, England

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