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John Humphrey1797–?

Name
John Humphrey
Given names
John
Surname
Humphrey
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Birth 1797 23 17
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Baptism 13 April 1797
 Hadlow, Kent, England

History 1798 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
Birth of a brother before 3 February 1799 (Age 2)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Humphrey
History 1799 (Age 2)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
Baptism of a brother 3 February 1799 (Age 2)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Thomas Humphrey
Birth of a brother before 25 January 1801 (Age 4)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Richard Humphrey
History 1801 (Age 4)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
Baptism of a brother 25 January 1801 (Age 4)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Richard Humphrey
Birth of a sister 1803 (Age 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Humphrey
Baptism of a sister 16 January 1803 (Age 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Humphrey
History 1804 (Age 7)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
Birth of a sister 1805 (Age 8)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Ann Humphrey
History 1805 (Age 8)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
Baptism of a sister 3 February 1805 (Age 8)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Ann Humphrey
Birth of a sister 1807 (Age 10)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Jane Humphrey
Baptism of a sister 8 March 1807 (Age 10)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Jane Humphrey
Birth of a sister 1809 (Age 12)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Frances Humphrey
History 1809 (Age 12)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
Baptism of a sister 9 April 1809 (Age 12)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Frances Humphrey
Birth of a brother 1811 (Age 14)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - George Humphrey
History 1811 (Age 14)
 

Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane.<br />Luddite riots in the North and the Midlands. Laborers attack factories and break up the machines which they fear will replace them.
Baptism of a brother 17 November 1811 (Age 14)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - George Humphrey
History 1812 (Age 15)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 17)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
Birth of a sister 1815 (Age 18)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
History 1815 (Age 18)
 

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.
Baptism of a sister 4 June 1815 (Age 18)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
MarriageAnn Shephard - View family
6 April 1817 (Age 20)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Birth of a son
#1
before 7 July 1817 (Age 20)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - John Humphrey
Baptism of a son 7 July 1817 (Age 20)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - John Humphrey
History 1819 (Age 22)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
Birth of a son
#2
before 31 March 1820 (Age 23)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Henry Humphrey
History 1820 (Age 23)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
Baptism of a son 31 March 1820 (Age 23)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Henry Humphrey
History 1821 (Age 24)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 32)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 33)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 35)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 37)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Death of a son before 2 February 1837 (Age 40)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Henry Humphrey
Burial of a son 2 February 1837 (Age 40)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Henry Humphrey
History 1837 (Age 40)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 41)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 42)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Marriage of a sonJohn Humphrey - View family
19 January 1840 (Age 43)
 Brenchley, Kent, England

son - John Humphrey
daughter-in-law - Mary Bromley
History 1840 (Age 43)
 

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.
Death of a mother before 27 October 1842 (Age 45)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

mother - Mary Brigden
History 1842 (Age 45)
 

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.
Death of a son between April 1846 and June 1846 (Age 49)
 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

son - John Humphrey
Death of a father before 1 December 1849 (Age 52)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

father - William Humphrey
History 1849 (Age 52)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 53)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 54)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 56)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 58)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 60)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 61)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 64)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 65)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 67)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 70)
 

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 72)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 72)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 73)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 74)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 79)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 80)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 82)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 83)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 85)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 86)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 87)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 88)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 89)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 90)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 92)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 100)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 101)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 102)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 104)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 106)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 107)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 108)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 117)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 119)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Humphrey

Birth before 21 March 1773 16  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death before 1 December 1849 (Age 76)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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6 years
mother
Mary Brigden

Birth before 29 August 1779  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death before 27 October 1842 (Age 63)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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Marriage: 4 November 1792 — Hadlow, Kent, England
2 months
#1 elder sister
Elizabeth Humphrey

Birth 1793 19 13  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#2 elder brother
William Humphrey

Birth before 19 April 1795 22 15  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death 30 November 1875 Age: 80  Tonbridge, Kent, England

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20 months
#3 himself
John Humphrey

Birth 1797 23 17  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 younger brother
Thomas Humphrey

Birth before 3 February 1799 25 19  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between January 1864 and March 1864 (Age 64) Age: 65  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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2 years
#5 younger brother
Richard Humphrey

Birth before 25 January 1801 27 21  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between January 1867 and March 1867 (Age 65)  Hadlow, Kent, England

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23 months
#6 younger sister
Mary Humphrey

Birth 1803 29 23  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#7 younger sister
Ann Humphrey

Birth 1805 31 25  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#8 younger sister
Jane Humphrey

Birth 1807 33 27  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Frances Humphrey

Birth 1809 35 29  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#10 younger brother
George Humphrey

Birth 1811 37 31  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#11 younger sister
Sarah Humphrey

Birth 1815 41 35  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Ann Shephard - View family
himself
John Humphrey

Birth 1797 23 17  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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wife
Ann Shephard

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 6 April 1817 — Hadlow, Kent, England
3 months
#1 son
John Humphrey

Birth before 7 July 1817 20  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between April 1846 and June 1846 (Age 28) Age: 32  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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3 years
#2 son
George Henry Humphrey

Birth before 31 March 1820 23  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death before 2 February 1837 Age: 16  Hadlow, Kent, England

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