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Thomas TregurthaAge: 751797–1873

Name
Thomas Tregurtha
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Tregurtha
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Birth before 18 September 1797
 St Levan, Cornwall, England

Baptism 18 September 1797
 St Levan, Cornwall, England

History 1798 (Age 3 months)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 15 months)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
History 1801 (Age 3)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 6)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 7)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 11)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 13)
 

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.
History 1812 (Age 14)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 16)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 17)
 

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 21)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 22)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 23)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
MarriageGrace Rogers - View family
9 July 1825 (Age 27)
 St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Birth of a son
#1
about 1828 (Age 30)
 Cornwall, England

son - Thomas Tregurtha
History 1829 (Age 31)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 32)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 36)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 39)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 40)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 41)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 42)
 

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 44)
 

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 51)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 52)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 53)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
Marriage of a sonThomas Tregurtha - View family
29 January 1853 (Age 55)
 St Levan, Cornwall, England

son - Thomas Tregurtha
daughter-in-law - Dorothy Richards
History 1853 (Age 55)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 57)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 59)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 60)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 63)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 64)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 66)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 69)
 

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 71)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 71)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 72)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 73)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
Death between January 1873 and March 1873 Age: 75
 Penzance R D, Cornwall, England

Family with Grace Rogers - View family
himself
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth before 18 September 1797  St Levan, Cornwall, England

Death between January 1873 and March 1873 Age: 75  Penzance R D, Cornwall, England

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3 months
wife
Grace Rogers

Birth about 1798  Cornwall, England

Death between January 1878 and March 1878 Age: 80  Penzance R D, Cornwall, England

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Marriage: 9 July 1825 — St Buryan, Cornwall, England
3 years
#1 son
Thomas Tregurtha

Birth about 1828 30 30  Cornwall, England

Death 1912 Age: 84  Spotswood, Victoria, Australia

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