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Caroline Chambers1834–?

Name
Caroline Chambers
Given names
Caroline
Surname
Chambers
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Birth about 1834 27 26
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Birth of a sister 3 June 1834
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

sister - Rebecca Ann Chambers
History 1834
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a brother 30 January 1837 (Age 3)
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

younger brother - Charles Chambers
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.
Census 6 June 1841 (Age 7)
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Address:
17 Baker Street
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Thomas Chambers - Bethnal Green

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Thomas Chambers30Hat makerN
Eliza Chambers30N
Elizabeth Chambers12N
Thomas Chambers10Y
Caroline Chambers7Y
Charles Chambers4N

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.
Baptism of a sister 22 November 1843 (Age 9)
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

sister - Rebecca Ann Chambers
Baptism of a brother 22 November 1843 (Age 9)
 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

younger brother - Charles Chambers
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.
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.
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.
Death of a mother between January 1888 and March 1888 (Age 54)
 Poplar, London, England

mother - Eliza Wenman
History 1889 (Age 55)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
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.
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.
History 1928 (Age 94)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 102)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 103)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 104)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 105)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 105)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 106)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 107)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 107)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 107)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 107)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 109)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 109)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 111)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 111)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 111)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Chambers

Birth about 1807  Newington, Surrey, England

Burial 26 July 1877 (Age 70)  Tower Hamlets, London, England

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mother
Eliza Wenman

Birth before 25 October 1807 32 25  Wadhurst, Sussex, England

Death between January 1888 and March 1888 Age: 80  Poplar, London, England

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Marriage: 18 August 1828 — Camberwell, London, England
16 months
#1 elder sister
Elizabeth Chambers

Birth about 1830 23 22  St Georges, Surrey, England

Death between July 1884 and September 1884 (Age 54) Age: 55  Mile End Old Town, London, England

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2 years
#2 elder brother
Thomas Chambers

Birth about 1832 25 24  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Death between October 1884 and December 1884 (Age 52) Age: 53  Hackney R D, London, England

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#3 herself
Caroline Chambers

Birth about 1834 27 26  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Death Yes  

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5 months
#4 sister
Rebecca Ann Chambers

Birth 3 June 1834 27 26  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 younger brother
Charles Chambers

Birth 30 January 1837 30 29  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 7)  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England 17 Baker Street
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Thomas Chambers - Bethnal Green

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Thomas Chambers30Hat makerN
Eliza Chambers30N
Elizabeth Chambers12N
Thomas Chambers10Y
Caroline Chambers7Y
Charles Chambers4N

 

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