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Alice O'BrienAge: 331842–1875

Name
Alice O'Brien
Given names
Alice
Surname
O'Brien
Married Name
Alice Colbert
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Birth about 1842
 Waterford, Ireland

History 1842
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 7)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 8)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 9)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 11)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 13)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 15)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 16)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
MarriageJohn Colbert - View family
1860 (Age 18)
 Victoria, Australia

History 1861 (Age 19)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 20)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 22)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Birth of a son
#1
15 December 1866 (Age 24)
 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia

son - John Colbert
History 1867 (Age 25)
 

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 27)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 27)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 28)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 29)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
Death 17 January 1875 Age: 33
 Daly, South Australia, Australia

Address:
Edithburgh
Family with parents - View family
father
Patrick O'Brien

Death Yes  

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mother
Margaret Clarke

Death Yes  

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Marriage: Yes
#1 herself
Alice O'Brien

Birth about 1842  Waterford, Ireland

Death 17 January 1875 Age: 33  Daly, South Australia, Australia

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Family with John Colbert - View family
husband
John Colbert, Kapunda, 1890 John Colbert

Birth before November 1842 26 19  Lismore, Waterford, Ireland

Death 21 June 1902 (Age 59) Age: 60  Kapunda, South Australia, Australia

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-10 months
herself
Alice O'Brien

Birth about 1842  Waterford, Ireland

Death 17 January 1875 Age: 33  Daly, South Australia, Australia

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Marriage: 1860 — Victoria, Australia
7 years
#1 son
John Colbert (1866-1933) John Colbert

Birth 15 December 1866 24 24  Kapunda, South Australia, Australia

Death 27 March 1933 (Age 66)  Nhill, Victoria, Australia

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