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Elizabeth "Eliza" Pope1838–?

Name
Elizabeth "Eliza" Pope
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Pope
Nickname
Eliza
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Birth before 15 April 1838 22
 Yalding, Kent, England

Baptism 15 April 1838
 Yalding, Kent, England

History 1838
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 8 months)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 20 months)
 

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 3)
 Tudeley, Kent, England

Address:
Whetstead Boro'
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Henry Simmons - Tudeley

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Henry Simmons63LabourerY
Jane Simmons55Y
Mary Pope28Y
Jane Pope6Y
William Pope5Y
Elizabeth Pope3Y
Ann Simmons13Y

Unclear what relation "Ann SImmons" is. No birth / baptism yet found.

History 1842 (Age 3)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 10)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 11)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 12)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 14)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 16)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 18)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 19)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 22)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 23)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 25)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 28)
 

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 30)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 30)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 31)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 32)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 37)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 38)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 40)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 41)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 43)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 44)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 45)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 46)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 47)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 48)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 50)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 58)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 59)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 60)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 62)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 64)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 65)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 66)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 75)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 77)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 78)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 79)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 83)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 89)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 97)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 99)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 99)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 101)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 101)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 102)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 103)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 103)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 103)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 103)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 105)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 105)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 107)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 107)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 107)
 

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

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father
Thomas Pope

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mother
Mary Simmons

Birth before 4 June 1815 37 31  Tudeley and Capel, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 20 October 1833 — Yalding, Kent, England
9 months
#1 elder sister
Jane Pope

Birth before 6 July 1834 19  Yalding, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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20 months
#2 elder brother
William Pope

Birth before 13 March 1836 20  Yalding, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 herself
Elizabeth "Eliza" Pope

Birth before 15 April 1838 22  Yalding, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
6 June 1841 (Age 3)  Tudeley, Kent, England Whetstead Boro'
Shared note:  1841 England - Census transcript - Henry Simmons - Tudeley

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCBoE
Henry Simmons63LabourerY
Jane Simmons55Y
Mary Pope28Y
Jane Pope6Y
William Pope5Y
Elizabeth Pope3Y
Ann Simmons13Y

Unclear what relation "Ann SImmons" is. No birth / baptism yet found.

 

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