Amelia SmithermanAge: 821786–1869
- Name
- Amelia Smitherman
- Given names
- Amelia
- Surname
- Smitherman
- Married Name
- Amelia Collins
| Birth | before 2 November 1786 22 22 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
| Baptism | 2 November 1786 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
| History | 1786 Note: Coal gas first used for lighting. |
| Birth of a brother | before 28 December 1787 (Age 13 months) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Smitherman
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| Number of children | Thomas Collins - View family 0 |
| Baptism of a brother | 28 December 1787 (Age 13 months) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Smitherman
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| Birth of a brother | 1789 (Age 2) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Michael Smitherman
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| History | 1789 (Age 2) Note: Bastille falls, French Revolution begins. |
| Birth of a brother | before 18 September 1792 (Age 5) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
William Smitherman
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| Baptism of a brother | 18 September 1792 (Age 5) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
William Smitherman
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| Birth of a brother | before 3 November 1793 (Age 7) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
John Oliver Smitherman
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| History | 1793 (Age 6) Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war. |
| Baptism of a brother | 3 November 1793 (Age 7) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
John Oliver Smitherman
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| Birth of a brother | before 10 May 1795 (Age 8) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Michael Smitherman
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| Baptism of a brother | 10 May 1795 (Age 8) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Michael Smitherman
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| Birth of a brother | about April 1796 (Age 9) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Smitherman
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| Baptism of a brother | 20 April 1796 (Age 9) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Thomas Smitherman
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| Birth of a sister | before 14 February 1798 (Age 11) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger sister -
Lucy Smitherman
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| History | 1798 (Age 11) Note: Battle of the Nile. |
| Baptism of a sister | 14 February 1798 (Age 11) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger sister -
Lucy Smitherman
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| Birth of a sister | before 22 December 1799 (Age 13) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger sister -
Jane Smitherman
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| History | 1799 (Age 12) Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France. |
| Baptism of a sister | 22 December 1799 (Age 13) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger sister -
Jane Smitherman
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| History | 1801 (Age 14) Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Birth of a brother | before 1 January 1803 (Age 16) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Jeremiah Smitherman
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| Baptism of a brother | 1 January 1803 (Age 16) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
younger brother -
Jeremiah Smitherman
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| History | 1804 (Age 17) Note: Napoleon declared Emperor. |
| History | 1805 (Age 18) Note: Battle of Trafalgar. |
| History | 1809 (Age 22) Note: Napoleon captures Vienna. |
| History | 1811 (Age 24) 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. |
| Marriage | Thomas Collins - View family 20 November 1812 (Age 26) Luddesdown, Kent, England |
| History | 1812 (Age 25) Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States. |
| History | 1814 (Age 27) Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba. |
| History | 1815 (Age 28) 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 32) Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| History | 1820 (Age 33) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| History | 1821 (Age 34) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| History | 1829 (Age 42) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| History | 1830 (Age 43) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| History | 1832 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| History | 1834 (Age 47) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| History | 1837 (Age 50) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 51) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| Death of a mother | before 20 January 1839 (Age 52) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England
mother -
Martha Soorn
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| History | 1839 (Age 52) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 53) 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 54) Frindsbury, Kent, England Address: Stone House Lane
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| History | 1842 (Age 55) 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 62) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 63) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| Census | 30 March 1851 (Age 64) Luddesdown, Kent, England |
| History | 1851 (Age 64) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 66) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 68) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| History | 1857 (Age 70) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 71) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| Census | 7 April 1861 (Age 74) Luddesdown, Kent, England Address: 2 Cottage Hill Cottages
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| History | 1861 (Age 74) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 75) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 77) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 80) 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) |
| Death of a husband | 6 December 1868 (Age 82) Luddesdown, Kent, England
husband -
Thomas Collins
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| Burial of a husband | after 6 December 1868 (Age 82) Luddesdown, Kent, England
husband -
Thomas Collins
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| History | 1869 (on the date of death) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (on the date of death) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| Death | between January 1869 and March 1869 (Age 82) Age: 86 Luddesdown, Kent, England |
| Burial | after 15 March 1869 (Age 82) Luddesdown, Kent, England Address: Luddesdown Church Plan of Luddesdown Church cemetery |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Thomas Smitherman
Birth 1764 (estimated) Death Yes |
| mother |
Martha Soorn
Birth 1764 (calculated) Death before 20 January 1839 Age: 75 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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Marriage: 1 March 1784 — Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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3 months #1 elder brother |
Thomas Smitherman
Birth before 13 June 1784 20 20 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death before 1787 (Age 2) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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17 months #2 elder sister |
Elizabeth Smitherman
Birth before 20 November 1785 21 21 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death Yes |
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11 months #3 herself |
Amelia Smitherman
Birth before 2 November 1786 22 22 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death between January 1869 and March 1869 (Age 82) Age: 86 Luddesdown, Kent, England |
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14 months #4 younger brother |
Thomas Smitherman
Birth before 28 December 1787 23 23 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death before 1796 (Age 8) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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1 year #5 younger brother |
Michael Smitherman
Birth 1789 25 25 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death before 31 August 1789 Age: 0 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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4 years #6 younger brother |
William Smitherman
Birth before 18 September 1792 28 28 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death Yes |
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14 months #7 younger brother |
John Oliver Smitherman
Birth before 3 November 1793 29 29 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death Yes |
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18 months #8 younger brother |
Michael Smitherman
Birth before 10 May 1795 31 31 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death between April 1871 and June 1871 (Age 75) Age: 78 Shoreham, Kent, England |
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11 months #9 younger brother |
Thomas Smitherman
Birth about April 1796 32 32 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death Yes |
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22 months #10 younger sister |
Lucy Smitherman
Birth before 14 February 1798 34 34 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death before 29 April 1798 (Age 2 months) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
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22 months #11 younger sister |
Jane Smitherman
Birth before 22 December 1799 35 35 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death Yes |
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3 years #12 younger brother |
Jeremiah Smitherman
Birth before 1 January 1803 39 39 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death before 12 March 1803 (Age 2 months) Trottiscliffe, Kent, England |
| Family with Thomas Collins - View family |
| husband |
Thomas Collins
Birth before 11 December 1785 Cuxton, Kent, England Death 6 December 1868 (Age 82) Age: 87 Luddesdown, Kent, England |
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11 months herself |
Amelia Smitherman
Birth before 2 November 1786 22 22 Trottiscliffe, Kent, England Death between January 1869 and March 1869 (Age 82) Age: 86 Luddesdown, Kent, England |
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Marriage: 20 November 1812 — Luddesdown, Kent, England |
| Documents |
| Date | Place | Address | Notes | Sources | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 1841 (Age 54) | Frindsbury, Kent, England | Stone House Lane | |||
| 30 March 1851 (Age 64) | Luddesdown, Kent, England | ||||
| 7 April 1861 (Age 74) | Luddesdown, Kent, England | 2 Cottage Hill Cottages |