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William Henry Bartholomew1840–?

Name
William Henry Bartholomew
Given names
William Henry
Surname
Bartholomew
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Birth before 28 June 1840 37
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Baptism 28 June 1840
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

History 1840
 

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 months)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 8)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 9)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 10)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 12)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 14)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 16)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 17)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 20)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 21)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 23)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 26)
 

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 28)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 28)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 29)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 30)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 35)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 36)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 38)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 39)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 41)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 42)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 43)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 44)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 45)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 46)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 48)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 56)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 57)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 58)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 60)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 62)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 63)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 64)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 73)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 75)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 76)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 77)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 81)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 87)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 95)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 97)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 97)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 99)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 99)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 99)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 100)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 101)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 101)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 101)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 103)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 103)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 104)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 104)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 105)
 

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

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father
William Bartholomew

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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 elder sister
Mercy Bartholomew

Birth before 9 June 1822 19  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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18 months
#4 elder brother
James Bartholomew

Birth before 14 December 1823 21  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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17 months
#5 elder brother
Robert Bartholomew

Birth before 13 May 1825 22  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#6 elder 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 elder sister
Anne Maria Bartholomew

Birth before 2 August 1829 26  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#8 elder brother
Edward Bartholomew

Birth before 25 December 1831 29  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 elder sister
Susan Bartholomew

Birth before 11 May 1834 31  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#10 elder sister
Sarah Bartholomew

Birth before 14 October 1838 36  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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20 months
#11 himself
William Henry Bartholomew

Birth before 28 June 1840 37  Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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