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Helen AddisonAge: 621809–1871

Name
Helen Addison
Given names
Helen
Surname
Addison
Married Name
Helen Candy
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Birth about 1809
 Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

History 1809
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
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.
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.
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.
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).
MarriageJames Candy - View family
29 May 1831 (Age 22)
 Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 29 March 1833 (Age 24)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

daughter - Helen Candy
History 1833 (Age 24)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
Baptism of a daughter 14 April 1833 (Age 24)
 St Cyrus, Angus, Scotland

daughter - Helen Candy
History 1834 (Age 25)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 about 1835 (Age 26)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

daughter - Ann Candy
Birth of a daughter
#3		 about 1837 (Age 28)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary Candy
History 1837 (Age 28)
 

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

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Birth of a daughter
#4		 about 1839 (Age 30)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

daughter - Isabella Candy
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.
Birth of a son
#5		 1841 (Age 32)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

son - James Candy
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.
Birth of a daughter
#6		 about 1843 (Age 34)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret Candy
Death of a husband between 1842 and 1851 (Age 33)
 Angus, Scotland

husband - James Candy
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.
Marriage of a daughterHelen Candy - View family
21 May 1859 (Age 50)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

son-in-law - William Stuart
daughter - Helen Candy
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.
Death after 1871 (Age 62)
 Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Note: Death is assumed to be after 1871, the year of the last census she appears on (aged 62y).
Family with James Candy - View family
husband
James Candy

Birth between 1806 and 1811  Angus, Scotland

Death between 1842 and 1851 (Age 36)  Angus, Scotland

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herself
Helen Addison

Birth about 1809  Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Death after 1871 (Age 62)  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 29 May 1831 — Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
22 months
#1 daughter
Helen Candy

Birth 29 March 1833 27 24  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death 27 November 1905 Age: 72  Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland

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21 months
#2 daughter
Ann Candy

Birth about 1835 29 26  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 daughter
Mary Candy

Birth about 1837 31 28  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 daughter
Isabella Candy

Birth about 1839 33 30  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death Yes  

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2 years
#5 son
James Candy

Birth 1841 35 32  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death Yes  

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#6 daughter
Margaret Candy

Birth about 1843 37 34  Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

Death Yes  

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