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Henry Simmons1807–?

Name
Henry Simmons
Given names
Henry
Surname
Simmons
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Birth before 21 June 1807
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Baptism 21 June 1807
 Hadlow, Kent, England

Birth of a sister before 16 April 1809 (Age 21 months)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Eliza Simmons
History 1809 (Age 18 months)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
Baptism of a sister 16 April 1809 (Age 21 months)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Eliza Simmons
Birth of a brother before 9 February 1811 (Age 3)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Elias Simmons
History 1811 (Age 3)
 

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.
Baptism of a brother 9 February 1811 (Age 3)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - Elias Simmons
History 1812 (Age 4)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
Birth of a brother before 16 February 1814 (Age 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - James Simmons
History 1814 (Age 6)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
Baptism of a brother 16 February 1814 (Age 6)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger brother - James Simmons
History 1815 (Age 7)
 

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.
Birth of a sister before 15 December 1816 (Age 9)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Simmons
Baptism of a sister 15 December 1816 (Age 9)
 Hadlow, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Simmons
History 1819 (Age 11)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 12)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 13)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 21)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 22)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 24)
 

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 25)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 26)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 29)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 30)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 31)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 32)
 

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 34)
 

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 41)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 42)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 43)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 45)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 47)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 49)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 50)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 53)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 54)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 56)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 59)
 

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 61)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 61)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 62)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 63)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 68)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 69)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 71)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 72)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 74)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 75)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 76)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 77)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 78)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 79)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 81)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 89)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 90)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 91)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 93)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 95)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 96)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 97)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 106)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 108)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 109)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 110)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 114)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
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father
William Simmons

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mother
Elizabeth Longhurst

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Marriage: 25 December 1805 — Tonbridge, Kent, England
18 months
#1 himself
Henry Simmons

Birth before 21 June 1807  Hadlow, Kent, England

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22 months
#2 younger sister
Eliza Simmons

Birth before 16 April 1809  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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22 months
#3 younger brother
Elias Simmons

Birth before 9 February 1811  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#4 younger brother
James Simmons

Birth before 16 February 1814  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 younger sister
Harriet Simmons

Birth before 15 December 1816  Hadlow, Kent, England

Death before 11 May 1817 (Age 4 months) Age: 2  Hadlow, Kent, England

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