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Eliza Ackland1826–?

Name
Eliza Ackland
Given names
Eliza
Surname
Ackland
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Birth about 1826 22 22
 Sidmouth, Devon, England

History 1829 (Age 3)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 4)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 6)
 

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 brother about 1833 (Age 7)
 Dunkeswell, Devon, England

younger brother - Henry Ackland
History 1833 (Age 7)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 8)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a brother about 1836 (Age 10)
 Sheldon, Devon, England

younger brother - William Ackland
History 1837 (Age 11)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 12)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 13)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
Birth of a brother between April 1840 and June 1840 (Age 14)
 Sheldon, Devon, England

younger brother - Robert Ackland
History 1840 (Age 14)
 

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.
Census 6 June 1841 (Age 15)
 Littleham, Devon, England

Address:
East Budleigh
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Richard Ackland - Littleham

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Richard Ackland35???Y
Mary Ackland25Y
Eliza Ackland15Y
Henry Ackland8Y
Robert Ackland1Y

History 1842 (Age 16)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 sister between January 1843 and March 1843 (Age 17)
 Trull, Somerset, England

younger sister - Ann Cook Ackland
History 1849 (Age 23)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 24)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Census 30 March 1851 (Age 25)
 Withycombe Rawleigh, Devon, England

Address:
19 Albion Street
Shared note:  1851 England - Census transcript - Richard Ackland - Withycombe Rawleigh

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Richard AcklandHeadMar47CordwainerUffculme, Devon
Mary AcklandwifeMar47Salcombe Regis, Devon
Eliza AcklanddaughterUnm25Shoe BinderSidmouth, Devon
Henry AcklandsonUnm18CordwainerDunkeswell, Devon
William AcklandsonUnm15CordwainerSheldon, Devon
Robert Acklandson10CordwainerSheldon, Devon
Ann Acklanddaughter8At homeTrull, Devon
Sarah GardservantUnm19Shoe BinderKings Brompton - Old Clewe

History 1851 (Age 25)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 27)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 29)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 31)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 32)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 35)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 36)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 38)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 41)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 43)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 44)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 45)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 50)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 51)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 53)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 54)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 56)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 57)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 58)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 59)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 60)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 61)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 63)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 71)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 72)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 73)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 75)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 77)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 78)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 79)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 88)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 90)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 91)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 92)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 96)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 102)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 110)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 111)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 112)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 113)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 113)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 114)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 117)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 117)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Richard Ackland

Birth about 1804  Uffculme, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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mother
Mary Maunder

Birth about 1804  Salcombe Regis, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 7 November 1825 — Salcombe Regis, Devon, England
2 months
#1 herself
Eliza Ackland

Birth about 1826 22 22  Sidmouth, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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7 years
#2 younger brother
Henry Ackland Henry Ackland

Birth about 1833 29 29  Dunkeswell, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#3 younger brother
William Ackland

Birth about 1836 32 32  Sheldon, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#4 younger brother
Robert Ackland

Birth between April 1840 and June 1840 36 36  Sheldon, Devon, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 younger sister
Ann Cook Ackland

Birth between January 1843 and March 1843 39 39  Trull, Somerset, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 15)  Littleham, Devon, England East Budleigh
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Richard Ackland - Littleham

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Richard Ackland35???Y
Mary Ackland25Y
Eliza Ackland15Y
Henry Ackland8Y
Robert Ackland1Y

30 March 1851 (Age 25)  Withycombe Rawleigh, Devon, England 19 Albion Street
Shared note:  1851 England - Census transcript - Richard Ackland - Withycombe Rawleigh

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Richard AcklandHeadMar47CordwainerUffculme, Devon
Mary AcklandwifeMar47Salcombe Regis, Devon
Eliza AcklanddaughterUnm25Shoe BinderSidmouth, Devon
Henry AcklandsonUnm18CordwainerDunkeswell, Devon
William AcklandsonUnm15CordwainerSheldon, Devon
Robert Acklandson10CordwainerSheldon, Devon
Ann Acklanddaughter8At homeTrull, Devon
Sarah GardservantUnm19Shoe BinderKings Brompton - Old Clewe

 

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