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Harriet WaghornAge: 931839–1932

Name
Harriet Waghorn
Given names
Harriet
Surname
Waghorn
Also known as
Harriet A Waghorn
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Birth about 1839 36 40
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

History 1839
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 12 months)
 

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 brother between October 1840 and December 1840 (Age 21 months)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

younger brother - William Waghorn
Census 6 June 1841 (Age 2)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Address:
Mount Sion
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - James Waghorn - Tunbridge Wells

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
James Waghorn30MFlymanY
Mary Waghorn35FY
Mary Waghorn4FY
Harriet Waghorn3FY
William Waghorn5mMY

Birth of a brother about 1842 (Age 3)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

younger brother - Edwin Waghorn
History 1842 (Age 3)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 10)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 11)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Census 30 March 1851 (Age 12)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Address:
Durham House
Shared note:  1851 UK Census transcript - James Waghorn - Tunbridge Wells

NameRelationMCAgeSexOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
James WaghornheadM40MPublic Carriage DriverKent, Tunbridge Wells
Mary A WaghornwifeM52FCookSalisbury, Wiltshire
Mary WaghorndaughterS15FKent, Tunbridge Wells
Harriet A WaghorndaughterS12FScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells
William H WaghornsonS9MScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells
Edwin R WaghornsonS8MScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells

History 1851 (Age 12)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 14)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 16)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 18)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 19)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 22)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 23)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 25)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 28)
 

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 30)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 30)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 31)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 32)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 37)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 38)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 40)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 41)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 43)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 44)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 45)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 46)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 47)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 48)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Death of a mother between January 1889 and March 1889 (Age 50)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

mother - Mary Ann Hurnett
History 1889 (Age 50)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
Death of a father between July 1891 and September 1891 (Age 52)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

father - James Waghorn
History 1897 (Age 58)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 59)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 60)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 62)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 64)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 65)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 66)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
Census 2 April 1911 (Age 72) Age: 75
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Address:
7 Standen Street
History 1914 (Age 75)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 77)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 78)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 79)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 83)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 89)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
Death between January 1932 and March 1932 Age: 93
 Pembury, Kent, England

Address:
Sandhill
(Tonbridge Workhouse)
Burial 4 March 1932 (Age 93)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Burial - Harriet A Waghorn - 1932
Burial - Harriet A Waghorn - 1932

Family with parents - View family
father
James Waghorn

Birth about 1803  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between July 1891 and September 1891 (Age 88) Age: 86  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

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mother
Mary Ann Hurnett

Birth about 1799  Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

Death between January 1889 and March 1889 (Age 90) Age: 94  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

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Marriage: 23 December 1835 — Tonbridge, Kent, England
#1 elder sister
Mary Ann Waghorn

Birth about 1836 33 37  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between January 1909 and March 1909 Age: 73  Eastbourne R D, Sussex, England

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3 years
#2 herself
Harriet Waghorn

Birth about 1839 36 40  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between January 1932 and March 1932 Age: 93  Pembury, Kent, England

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21 months
#3 younger brother
William Waghorn

Birth between October 1840 and December 1840 37 41  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between July 1903 and September 1903 Age: 62  Kensington R D, London, England

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15 months
#4 younger brother
Edwin Waghorn

Birth about 1842 39 43  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between July 1887 and September 1887 (Age 45) Age: 44  Tunbridge Wells R D, Kent, England

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Documents
Burial - Harriet A Waghorn - 1932
Burial - Harriet A Waghorn - 1932
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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 2)  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Mount Sion
Shared note:  1841 UK Census transcript - James Waghorn - Tunbridge Wells

NameAgeSexOccupationBICBOE
James Waghorn30MFlymanY
Mary Waghorn35FY
Mary Waghorn4FY
Harriet Waghorn3FY
William Waghorn5mMY

30 March 1851 (Age 12)  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Durham House
Shared note:  1851 UK Census transcript - James Waghorn - Tunbridge Wells

NameRelationMCAgeSexOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
James WaghornheadM40MPublic Carriage DriverKent, Tunbridge Wells
Mary A WaghornwifeM52FCookSalisbury, Wiltshire
Mary WaghorndaughterS15FKent, Tunbridge Wells
Harriet A WaghorndaughterS12FScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells
William H WaghornsonS9MScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells
Edwin R WaghornsonS8MScholarKent, Tunbridge Wells

2 April 1911 (Age 72) Age: 75  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 7 Standen Street
 

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