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Frances Humphrey1809–?

Name
Frances Humphrey
Given names
Frances
Surname
Humphrey
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Birth 1809 35 29
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Baptism 9 April 1809
 Hadlow, Kent, England

History 1809
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
Birth of a brother 1811 (Age 2)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - George Humphrey
History 1811 (Age 2)
 

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 2)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - George Humphrey
History 1812 (Age 3)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 5)
 

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 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
History 1815 (Age 6)
 

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 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Humphrey
History 1819 (Age 10)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 11)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 12)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 20)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 21)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 25)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 28)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 29)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 30)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 31)
 

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 33)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

mother - Mary Brigden
History 1842 (Age 33)
 

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 father before 1 December 1849 (Age 40)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

father - William Humphrey
History 1849 (Age 40)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 41)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 42)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 44)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 46)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 48)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 49)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 52)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 53)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 55)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 58)
 

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 60)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 60)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 61)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 62)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 67)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 68)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 70)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 71)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 73)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 74)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 75)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 76)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 77)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 78)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 80)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 88)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 89)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 90)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 92)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 94)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 95)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 96)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 105)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 107)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 108)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 109)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 113)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 119)
 

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

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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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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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#3 elder brother
John Humphrey

Birth 1797 23 17  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#4 elder 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 elder 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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#6 elder sister
Mary Humphrey

Birth 1803 29 23  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#7 elder sister
Ann Humphrey

Birth 1805 31 25  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#8 elder sister
Jane Humphrey

Birth 1807 33 27  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#9 herself
Frances Humphrey

Birth 1809 35 29  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#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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