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Thomas Powell1815–?

Name
Thomas Powell
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Powell
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Birth about 1815
 Goudhurst, Kent, England

MarriageElizabeth A … - View family
Yes
 

History 1815
 

Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days.<br />Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic.<br />Corn Laws passed.
History 1819 (Age 4)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 5)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 6)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 14)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 15)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 17)
 

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 18)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 19)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 22)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
Birth of a son
#1		 about 1838 (Age 23)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

son - Charles Douglas Powell
History 1838 (Age 23)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 24)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 25)
 

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 27)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 34)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 35)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 36)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 38)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 40)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 42)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
Marriage of a sonCharles Douglas Powell - View family
between July 1858 and September 1858 (Age 43)
 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

son - Charles Douglas Powell
daughter-in-law - Mary Ann Waghorn
History 1858 (Age 43)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 46)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 47)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 49)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 52)
 

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 54)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 54)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 55)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 56)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 61)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 62)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 64)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 65)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 67)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 68)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 69)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 70)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 71)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 72)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 74)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 82)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 83)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 84)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 86)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 88)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 89)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 90)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
Death of a son between January 1911 and March 1911 (Age 96)
 Eastbourne R D, Sussex, England

son - Charles Douglas Powell
History 1914 (Age 99)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 101)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 102)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 103)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 107)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 113)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
DeathYes
 

Family with Elizabeth A … - View family
himself
Thomas Powell

Birth about 1815  Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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-6 years
wife
Elizabeth A …

Birth about 1809  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: Yes
#1 son
Charles Douglas Powell

Birth about 1838 23 29  Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Death between January 1911 and March 1911 Age: 73  Eastbourne R D, Sussex, England

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