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George Colebrook1820–?

Name
George Colebrook
Given names
George
Surname
Colebrook
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Birth 1820 27 26
 Benenden, Kent, England

History 1820
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a sister 1823 (Age 3)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Mary Colebrook
History 1829 (Age 9)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
Birth of a sister 1830 (Age 10)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Sarah Colebrook
History 1830 (Age 10)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Harriet Colebrook
History 1833 (Age 13)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 14)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 17)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 18)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 19)
 

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

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 22)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 29)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 30)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
Death of a mother 1851 (Age 31)
 

mother - Mary Barns
History 1851 (Age 31)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
Death of a father May 1853 (Age 33)
 Benenden, Kent, England

father - George Colebrook
History 1853 (Age 33)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 35)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 37)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 38)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 41)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 42)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 44)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 47)
 

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 49)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 49)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 50)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 51)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 56)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 57)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 59)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 60)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 62)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 63)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 64)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 65)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 66)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 67)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 69)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 77)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 78)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 79)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 81)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 83)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 84)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 85)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 94)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 96)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 97)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 98)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 102)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 108)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 116)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 117)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 118)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 119)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 119)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
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 elder brother
Robert Colebrook

Birth 1817 24 23  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#2 himself
George Colebrook

Birth 1820 27 26  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#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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