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Mary Leney1782–?

Name
Mary Leney
Given names
Mary
Surname
Leney
Married Name
Mary Humphrey
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Birth before 2 June 1782
 Lingfield, Surrey, England

Baptism 2 June 1782
 Lingfield, Surrey, England

Address:
St Peter and St Paul Church
History 1783 (Age 6 months)
 

Note: Peace treaty signed in Paris between Great Britain and the United States.
History 1785 (Age 2)
 

Note: Cartwright builds power loom.
History 1786 (Age 3)
 

Note: Coal gas first used for lighting.
History 1789 (Age 6)
 

Note: Bastille falls, French Revolution begins.
History 1793 (Age 10)
 

Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war.
History 1798 (Age 15)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 16)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
History 1801 (Age 18)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
MarriageEdward Humphrey - View family
9 May 1804 (Age 21)
 Lingfield, Surrey, England

History 1804 (Age 21)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 22)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 26)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 28)
 

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 29)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 31)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 32)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 1820 (Age 37)
 Lingfield, Surrey, England

daughter - Dinah Humphrey
History 1820 (Age 37)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 38)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a son
#2		 about 1823 (Age 40)
 Lingfield, Surrey, England

son - George Humphrey
Birth of a son
#3		 before 26 August 1824 (Age 42)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - William Humphrey
Baptism of a son 26 August 1824 (Age 42)
 

son - William Humphrey
History 1829 (Age 46)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 47)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 49)
 

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 50)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 51)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 54)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 55)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 56)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 57)
 

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 59)
 

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.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Humphrey - View family
5 December 1846 (Age 64)
 Plaxtol, Kent, England

son - William Humphrey
daughter-in-law - Jane Hodge
History 1849 (Age 66)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 67)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 68)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 70)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 72)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
Marriage of a sonGeorge Humphrey - View family
1856 (Age 73)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

son - George Humphrey
daughter-in-law - Caroline Humphrey
History 1857 (Age 74)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 75)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 78)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 79)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 81)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 84)
 

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 86)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 86)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 87)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 88)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 93)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 94)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 96)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 97)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 99)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
Death of a son between April 1883 and June 1883 (Age 100)
 Dartford, Kent, England

son - William Humphrey
History 1883 (Age 100)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 101)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 102)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 103)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 104)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 106)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 114)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 115)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 116)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 118)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Jacob Leney

Death Yes  

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mother
Mary …

Death Yes  

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Marriage: Yes
#1 herself
Mary Leney

Birth before 2 June 1782  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death Yes  

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Family with Edward Humphrey - View family
husband
Edward Humphrey

Birth before 9 February 1777 20  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death Yes  

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5 years
herself
Mary Leney

Birth before 2 June 1782  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 9 May 1804 — Lingfield, Surrey, England
16 years
#1 daughter
Dinah Humphrey

Birth 1820 42 37  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#2 son
George Humphrey

Birth about 1823 45 40  Lingfield, Surrey, England

Death between July 1911 and September 1911 Age: 88  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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20 months
#3 son
William Humphrey

Birth before 26 August 1824 47 42  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death between April 1883 and June 1883 (Age 58) Age: 57  Dartford, Kent, England

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