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Mary Ann HeadAge: 911833–1925

Name
Mary Ann Head
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Head
Married Name
Mary Ann Allen
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Birth before 26 May 1833
 Hollesley, Suffolk, England

Baptism 26 May 1833
 Hollesley, Suffolk, England

History 1833
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 7 months)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 3)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 4)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 5)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 6)
 

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 8)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 15)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 16)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 17)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 19)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 21)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
MarriageStephen Pilcher Allen - View family
1857 (Age 23)
 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

History 1857 (Age 23)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 24)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 27)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 28)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 30)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
Birth of a son
#1
1866 (Age 32)
 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

son - Albert Theophilus Allen
History 1867 (Age 33)
 

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 35)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 35)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 36)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 37)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 42)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 43)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 45)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 46)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 48)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 49)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 50)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 51)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 52)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 53)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 55)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
Marriage of a sonAlbert Theophilus Allen - View family
1893 (Age 59)
 Victoria, Australia

son - Albert Theophilus Allen
daughter-in-law - Mary Ann Maddern
History 1897 (Age 63)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 64)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 65)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 67)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 69)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 70)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 71)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
Death of a husband 1907 (Age 73)
 Victoria, Australia

husband - Stephen Pilcher Allen
History 1914 (Age 80)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 82)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 83)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 84)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 88)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
Death 1925 Age: 91
 Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
George Head

Death Yes  

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mother
Mary Ann Walton

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 1829 — Suffolk, England
4 years
#1 herself
Mary Ann Head

Birth before 26 May 1833  Hollesley, Suffolk, England

Death 1925 Age: 91  Nhill, Victoria, Australia

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Family with Stephen Pilcher Allen - View family
husband
Stephen Pilcher Allen

Birth before 1 June 1834  Acrise, Kent, England

Death 1907 (Age 72)  Victoria, Australia

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-1 years
herself
Mary Ann Head

Birth before 26 May 1833  Hollesley, Suffolk, England

Death 1925 Age: 91  Nhill, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1857 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
9 years
#1 son
Albert Theophilus Allen

Birth 1866 31 32  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death 1949 (Age 83)  Victoria, Australia

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