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Robert Colebrook1817–?

Name
Robert Colebrook
Given names
Robert
Surname
Colebrook
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Birth 1817 24 23
 Benenden, Kent, England

History 1819 (Age 2)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
Birth of a brother 1820 (Age 3)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger brother - George Colebrook
History 1820 (Age 3)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 4)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a sister 1823 (Age 6)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Colebrook
History 1829 (Age 12)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
Birth of a sister 1830 (Age 13)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Colebrook
History 1830 (Age 13)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 15)
 

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.
Birth of a sister 1833 (Age 16)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Colebrook
History 1833 (Age 16)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 17)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 20)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 21)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 22)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 23)
 

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 25)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 32)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 33)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Death of a mother 1851 (Age 34)
 

mother - Mary Barns
History 1851 (Age 34)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
Death of a father May 1853 (Age 36)
 Benenden, Kent, England

father - George Colebrook
History 1853 (Age 36)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 38)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 40)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 41)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 44)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 45)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 47)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 50)
 

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 52)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 52)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 53)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 54)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 59)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 60)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 62)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 63)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 65)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 66)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 67)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 68)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 69)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 70)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 72)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 80)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 81)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 82)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 84)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 86)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 87)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 88)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 97)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 99)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 100)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 101)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 105)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 111)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 119)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
DeathYes
 

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father
George Colebrook

Birth 1793 40 34  Benenden, Kent, England

Death May 1853 (Age 60)  Benenden, Kent, England

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mother
Mary Barns

Birth 1794 21  Benenden, Kent, England

Death 1851 (Age 57)  

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Marriage: 13 June 1816 — Benenden, Kent, England
7 months
#1 himself
Robert Colebrook

Birth 1817 24 23  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#2 younger brother
George Colebrook

Birth 1820 27 26  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#3 younger sister
Mary Colebrook

Birth 1823 30 29  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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7 years
#4 younger sister
Sarah Colebrook

Birth 1830 37 36  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#5 younger sister
Harriet Colebrook

Birth 1833 40 39  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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