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Bett Colebrook1796–?

Name
Bett Colebrook
Given names
Bett
Surname
Colebrook
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Birth 1796 43 37
 Benenden, Kent, England

Baptism 5 March 1796
 Benenden, Kent, England

Address:
St George's Church
Birth of a sister 1798 (Age 2)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Fanny Colebrook
History 1798 (Age 2)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
Baptism of a sister 25 November 1798 (Age 2)
 Benenden, Kent, England

younger sister - Fanny Colebrook
History 1799 (Age 3)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
History 1801 (Age 5)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 8)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 9)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 13)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 15)
 

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.
History 1812 (Age 16)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 18)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 19)
 

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.
History 1819 (Age 23)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 24)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 25)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 33)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 34)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 36)
 

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 37)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 38)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 41)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 42)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 43)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 44)
 

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 46)
 

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 53)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 54)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 55)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 57)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 59)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 61)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 62)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 65)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 66)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 68)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 71)
 

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 73)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 73)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 74)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 75)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 80)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 81)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 83)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 84)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 86)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 87)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 88)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 89)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 90)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 91)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 93)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 101)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 102)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 103)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 105)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 107)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 108)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 109)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 118)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Robert Colebrook

Birth 1753 35  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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mother
Ann Judge

Birth before 9 July 1758 29 28  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 1 February 1776 — Benenden, Kent, England
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#1 elder brother
James Colebrook

Birth 1776 23 17  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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#2 elder brother
Richard Colebrook

Birth 1777 24 18  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#3 elder brother
William Colebrook

Birth 1779 26 20  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#4 elder sister
Nanny Colebrook

Birth 1783 30 24  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 elder brother
Robert Colebrook

Birth 1786 33 27  Benenden, Kent, England

Death 18 April 1841 (Age 55)  Benenden, Kent, England

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3 years
#6 elder sister
Mary F Colebrook

Birth before 13 July 1788 35 30  Benenden, Kent, England

Death 11 May 1849 (Age 60)  West Ashford, Kent, England

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3 years
#7 elder brother
George Colebrook

Birth 1791 38 32  Benenden, Kent, England

Death 1792 (Age 12 months)  Benenden, Kent, England

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2 years
#8 elder brother
George Colebrook

Birth 1793 40 34  Benenden, Kent, England

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

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3 years
#9 herself
Bett Colebrook

Birth 1796 43 37  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#10 younger sister
Fanny Colebrook

Birth 1798 45 39  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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