Jane BellAge: 911806–1897
- Name
- Jane Bell
- Given names
- Jane
- Surname
- Bell
- Married Name
- Jane Wallis
- Married Name
- Jane Mossop
| Birth | 5 September 1806 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England |
| Baptism | 15 November 1806 (Age 2 months) Whitehaven, Cumberland, England |
| History | 1809 (Age 2) Note: Napoleon captures Vienna. |
| History | 1811 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States. |
| History | 1814 (Age 7) Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba. |
| History | 1815 (Age 8) 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 12) Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| History | 1820 (Age 13) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| History | 1821 (Age 14) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| Marriage | Captain William Wallis - View family 14 April 1829 (Age 22) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Marriage - William Wallis & Jane Bell - 1829 |
| Birth of a son #1 | 28 December 1829 (Age 23) Bordeaux, France
son -
Joseph Bell Wallis
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| History | 1829 (Age 22) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| History | 1830 (Age 23) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 17 December 1831 (Age 25) Bordeaux, France
daughter -
Elizabeth Wallis
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| Death of a husband | 26 June 1832 (Age 25) Bordeaux, France
husband -
Captain William Wallis
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| History | 1832 (Age 25) 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. |
| Death of a daughter | 1 March 1833 (Age 26) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
daughter -
Elizabeth Wallis
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| History | 1833 (Age 26) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| History | 1834 (Age 27) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| Marriage | Joseph Mossop - View family 22 March 1836 (Age 29) Cheshire, England |
| History | 1837 (Age 30) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 31) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 32) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 33) 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 35) 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. |
| Death of a husband | 8 August 1848 (Age 41) Poolton-cum-Seacomb, Cheshire, England
husband -
Joseph Mossop
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| History | 1849 (Age 42) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 43) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 44) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 46) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 48) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| Marriage of a son | Joseph Bell Wallis - View family 15 January 1857 (Age 50) Finniss, South Australia, Australia
son -
Joseph Bell Wallis
daughter-in-law -
Margaret Bell
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| History | 1857 (Age 50) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 51) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 54) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 55) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 57) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| Marriage of a son | Joseph Bell Wallis - View family 1866 (Age 59) Victoria, Australia
son -
Joseph Bell Wallis
daughter-in-law -
Ellen Hern
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| History | 1867 (Age 60) 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 62) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 62) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 63) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 64) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 69) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 70) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| Death of a son | 13 December 1878 (Age 72) Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
son -
Joseph Bell Wallis
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| History | 1879 (Age 72) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 73) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 75) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 76) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 77) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 78) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 79) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 80) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 82) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 90) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| Death | 29 December 1897 (Age 91) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Address: 3 Sugnall Street |
| Probate | 14 February 1898 (47 days after death) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Probate - Jane Mossop (nee Wallis, nee Bell) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Joseph Bell
Death Yes |
| mother |
Elizabeth …
Death Yes |
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Marriage: Yes |
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| #1 herself |
Jane Bell
Birth 5 September 1806 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Death 29 December 1897 (Age 91) Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Family with Captain William Wallis - View family |
| husband |
Captain William Wallis
Birth 1 May 1784 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death 26 June 1832 (Age 48) Bordeaux, France |
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22 years herself |
Jane Bell
Birth 5 September 1806 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Death 29 December 1897 (Age 91) Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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Marriage: 14 April 1829 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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8 months #1 son |
Joseph Bell Wallis
Birth 28 December 1829 45 23 Bordeaux, France Death 13 December 1878 Age: 48 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #2 daughter |
Elizabeth Wallis
Birth 17 December 1831 47 25 Bordeaux, France Death 1 March 1833 (Age 14 months) Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Family with Joseph Mossop - View family |
| husband |
Joseph Mossop
Birth 1799 Beckermet, Cumberland, England Death 8 August 1848 (Age 49) Poolton-cum-Seacomb, Cheshire, England |
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8 years herself |
Jane Bell
Birth 5 September 1806 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Death 29 December 1897 (Age 91) Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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Marriage: 22 March 1836 — Cheshire, England |
| Captain William Wallis + Lucy Hayden - View family |
| husband |
Captain William Wallis
Birth 1 May 1784 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death 26 June 1832 (Age 48) Bordeaux, France |
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3 years husband's wife |
Lucy Hayden
Birth 1787 Quincy, Massachusetts, USA Death 12 September 1854 (Age 67) Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Marriage: about 1810 — Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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4 years #1 step-daughter |
Elizabeth L Wallis
Birth about 1814 29 27 Death 8 August 1818 (Age 4) Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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5 years #2 step-daughter |
Elizabeth Lucy Wallis
Birth about 1819 34 32 Death 16 May 1824 (Age 5) Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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5 years #3 step-son |
William Wallis
Birth about 1824 39 37 Death 26 May 1824 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Captain William Wallis + Jane Fox - View family |
| husband |
Captain William Wallis
Birth 1 May 1784 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death 26 June 1832 (Age 48) Bordeaux, France |
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22 years husband's wife |
Jane Fox
Birth about 1806 Cheshire, England Death before 10 October 1828 Age: 22 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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Marriage: 13 July 1826 — Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
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20 months #1 step-son |
William Wallis
Birth before 2 March 1828 43 22 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Death before 17 October 1828 (Age 7 months) Age: 8 months Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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