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Mercy Bartholomew1822–?

Name
Mercy Bartholomew
Given names
Mercy
Surname
Bartholomew
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Birth before 9 June 1822 19
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Baptism 9 June 1822
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Birth of a brother before 14 December 1823 (Age 18 months)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - James Bartholomew
Baptism of a brother 14 December 1823 (Age 18 months)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - James Bartholomew
Birth of a brother before 13 May 1825 (Age 2)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - Robert Bartholomew
Baptism of a brother 13 May 1825 (Age 2)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - Robert Bartholomew
Birth of a sister before 26 August 1827 (Age 5)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Maria Bartholomew
Baptism of a sister 26 August 1827 (Age 5)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Maria Bartholomew
Birth of a sister before 2 August 1829 (Age 7)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Anne Maria Bartholomew
History 1829 (Age 6)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
Baptism of a sister 2 August 1829 (Age 7)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Anne Maria Bartholomew
History 1830 (Age 7)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Birth of a brother before 25 December 1831 (Age 9)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - Edward Bartholomew
Baptism of a brother 25 December 1831 (Age 9)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - Edward Bartholomew
History 1832 (Age 9)
 

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 10)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
Birth of a sister before 11 May 1834 (Age 11)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Susan Bartholomew
History 1834 (Age 11)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Baptism of a sister 11 May 1834 (Age 11)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Susan Bartholomew
History 1837 (Age 14)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
Birth of a sister before 14 October 1838 (Age 16)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Bartholomew
History 1838 (Age 15)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Baptism of a sister 14 October 1838 (Age 16)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Bartholomew
History 1839 (Age 16)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Birth of a brother before 28 June 1840 (Age 18)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - William Henry Bartholomew
History 1840 (Age 17)
 

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.
Baptism of a brother 28 June 1840 (Age 18)
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

younger brother - William Henry Bartholomew
History 1842 (Age 19)
 

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 26)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 27)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 28)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 30)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 32)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 34)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 35)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 38)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 39)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 41)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 44)
 

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 46)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 46)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 47)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 48)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 53)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 54)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 56)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 57)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 59)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 60)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 61)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 62)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 63)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 64)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 66)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 74)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 75)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 76)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 78)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 80)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 81)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 82)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 91)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 93)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 94)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 95)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 99)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 105)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 113)
 

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 115)
 

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.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 119)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 119)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 119)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 119)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Bartholomew

Death Yes  

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mother
Mercy Waite

Birth before 19 September 1802 32  Tonbridge, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 9 January 1819 — Bidborough, Kent, England
11 months
#1 elder sister
Elisabeth Bartholomew

Birth before 12 December 1819 17  Tonbridge, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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17 months
#2 elder brother
Thomas Bartholomew

Birth before 6 May 1821 18  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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13 months
#3 herself
Mercy Bartholomew

Birth before 9 June 1822 19  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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18 months
#4 younger brother
James Bartholomew

Birth before 14 December 1823 21  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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17 months
#5 younger brother
Robert Bartholomew

Birth before 13 May 1825 22  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#6 younger sister
Maria Bartholomew

Birth before 26 August 1827 24  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death before 8 July 1828 (Age 10 months) Age: 1  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

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23 months
#7 younger sister
Anne Maria Bartholomew

Birth before 2 August 1829 26  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#8 younger brother
Edward Bartholomew

Birth before 25 December 1831 29  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Susan Bartholomew

Birth before 11 May 1834 31  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#10 younger sister
Sarah Bartholomew

Birth before 14 October 1838 36  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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20 months
#11 younger brother
William Henry Bartholomew

Birth before 28 June 1840 37  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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