Jane Greedy1835–?
- Name
- Jane Greedy
- Given names
- Jane
- Married Name
- Jane Ackland
| Birth | about 1835 Langford, Somerset, England |
| History | 1837 (Age 2) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 3) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 4) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 5) 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 7) 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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 14) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 15) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 16) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 18) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 20) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| Marriage | Henry Ackland - View family between July 1856 and September 1856 (Age 21) St Thomas, Devon, England Henry and Jane Ackland |
| Birth of a son #1 | between April 1857 and June 1857 (Age 22) St Thomas, Devon, England |
| History | 1857 (Age 22) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 23) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | between July 1859 and September 1859 (Age 24) St Thomas, Devon, England
daughter -
Eliza Jane Webber Ackland
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| Census | 7 April 1861 (Age 26) Littleham, Devon, England Address: Chapel Street
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| Emigration | 23 December 1861 (Age 26) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Emigration - Henry Ackland & family - 1862 |
| History | 1861 (Age 26) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | between October 1861 and December 1861 (Age 26) St Thomas, Devon, England
daughter -
Mary Ann Ackland
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| Immigration | 31 March 1862 (Age 27) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| History | 1862 (Age 27) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 29) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 32) 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 34) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 34) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 35) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| Birth of a son #4 | about 1871 (Age 36) Colac, Victoria, Australia
son -
George Henry Ackland
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| History | 1871 (Age 36) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 41) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 42) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 44) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 45) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 47) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 48) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 49) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 50) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 51) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 52) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 54) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 62) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| Marriage of a son | George Henry Ackland - View family 1898 (Age 63) Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia
son -
George Henry Ackland
daughter-in-law -
Miriam Learmouth
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| History | 1898 (Age 63) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 64) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 66) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 68) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 69) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 70) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| History | 1914 (Age 79) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 81) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 82) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 83) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 87) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 93) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 101) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 102) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 103) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 104) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 104) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| Death of a son | 1940 (Age 105) Plantagenet, Western Australia, Australia
son -
George Henry Ackland
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| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 105) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 106) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 106) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 106) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 106) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 108) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 108) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 110) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 110) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 110) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with Henry Ackland - View family |
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2 years herself |
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Marriage: between July 1856 and September 1856 — St Thomas, Devon, England |
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9 months #1 son |
Harry William Henry Ackland
Birth between April 1857 and June 1857 24 22 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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2 years #2 daughter |
Eliza Jane Webber Ackland
Birth between July 1859 and September 1859 26 24 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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2 years #3 daughter |
Mary Ann Ackland
Birth between October 1861 and December 1861 28 26 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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9 years #4 son |
George Henry Ackland
Birth about 1871 38 36 Colac, Victoria, Australia Death 1940 (Age 69) Plantagenet, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Date | Place | Address | Notes | Sources | Media |
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| 7 April 1861 (Age 26) | Littleham, Devon, England | Chapel Street |