Robert Whiteside1830–?
- Name
- Robert Whiteside
- Given names
- Robert
- Surname
- Whiteside
| Birth | 22 July 1830 29 30 Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Baptism | 29 August 1830 (Age 38 days) Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| History | 1830 Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| Birth of a brother | 9 July 1831 (Age 11 months) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
Myles Pennington Whiteside
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| Baptism of a brother | 31 July 1831 (Age 12 months) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
Myles Pennington Whiteside
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| History | 1832 (Age 17 months) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | 12 October 1833 (Age 3) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
younger sister -
Sarah Jane Whiteside
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| History | 1833 (Age 2) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| Baptism of a sister | 10 November 1833 (Age 3) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
younger sister -
Sarah Jane Whiteside
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| History | 1834 (Age 3) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| Birth of a brother | before 31 July 1836 (Age 6) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
William Whiteside
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| Baptism of a brother | 31 July 1836 (Age 6) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
William Whiteside
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| History | 1837 (Age 6) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 7) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 8) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 9) 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 | before 8 May 1841 (Age 10) Everton, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
Thomas Pennington Whiteside
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| Death of a mother | between April 1841 and June 1841 (Age 10) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
mother -
Grace Pennington
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| Baptism of a brother | 8 May 1841 (Age 10) Everton, Lancashire, England
younger brother -
Thomas Pennington Whiteside
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| Marriage of a father | William Whiteside - View family 20 November 1841 (Age 11) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
father -
William Whiteside
step-mother -
Ann English
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| History | 1842 (Age 11) 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. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 31 December 1843 (Age 13) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
half-brother -
Samuel Whiteside
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| Baptism of a half-brother | 19 February 1844 (Age 13) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
half-brother -
Samuel Whiteside
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| Death of a father | between January 1849 and March 1849 (Age 18) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
father -
William Whiteside
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| History | 1849 (Age 18) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 19) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 20) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 22) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 24) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| History | 1857 (Age 26) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 27) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 30) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 31) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 33) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 36) 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 38) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 38) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 39) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 40) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 45) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 46) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 48) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 49) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 51) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 52) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 53) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 54) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 55) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 56) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 58) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 66) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 67) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 68) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 70) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 72) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 73) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 74) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| History | 1914 (Age 83) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 85) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 86) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 87) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 91) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 97) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 105) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 106) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 107) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 109) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 109) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 109) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 110) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 111) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 111) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 111) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 113) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 113) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 114) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 114) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 115) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Whiteside
Birth 1801 (estimated) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death between January 1849 and March 1849 Age: 48 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Loading...
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-11 months mother |
Grace Pennington
Birth 12 February 1800 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Death between April 1841 and June 1841 Age: 41 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Loading...
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Marriage: 16 April 1823 — St Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
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15 months #1 elder sister |
Elizabeth Whiteside
Birth before 6 July 1824 23 24 Kirkham, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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15 months #2 elder sister |
Margaret Whiteside
Birth before 16 October 1825 24 25 Kirkham, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
John Whiteside
Birth 22 December 1827 26 27 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Death 1889 Age: 61 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years #4 himself |
Robert Whiteside
Birth 22 July 1830 29 30 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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1 year #5 younger brother |
Myles Pennington Whiteside
Birth 9 July 1831 30 31 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #6 younger sister |
Sarah Jane Whiteside
Birth 12 October 1833 32 33 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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3 years #7 younger brother |
William Whiteside
Birth before 31 July 1836 35 36 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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5 years #8 younger brother |
Thomas Pennington Whiteside
Birth before 8 May 1841 40 41 Everton, Lancashire, England Death between April 1841 and June 1841 Age: 0 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Loading...
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| Father’s family with Ann English - View family |
| father |
William Whiteside
Birth 1801 (estimated) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death between January 1849 and March 1849 Age: 48 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Loading...
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14 years step-mother |
Ann English
Birth about 1815 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death between October 1853 and December 1853 Age: 38 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Loading...
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Marriage: 20 November 1841 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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2 years #1 half-brother |
Samuel Whiteside
Birth 31 December 1843 42 28 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death Yes Loading...
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