Ada May1875–?
- Name
- Ada May
- Given names
- Ada
- Surname
- May
| Birth | 1875 39 23 New Zealand |
| History | 1876 (Age 12 months) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| Birth of a sister | 1877 (Age 2) New Zealand
younger sister -
Caroline May
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| History | 1877 (Age 2) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| Birth of a sister | 1879 (Age 4) New Zealand
younger sister -
Florence May
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| History | 1879 (Age 4) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 5) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| Birth of a sister | 1882 (Age 7) New Zealand
younger sister -
Lilian Hannah May
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| History | 1882 (Age 7) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 8) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| Birth of a sister | 1884 (Age 9) New Zealand
younger sister -
Jem May
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| History | 1884 (Age 9) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 10) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 11) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| Birth of a brother | 1887 (Age 12) New Zealand
younger brother -
Jack May
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| History | 1887 (Age 12) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| Birth of a brother | 1889 (Age 14) New Zealand
younger brother -
Alfred May
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| History | 1889 (Age 14) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| Birth of a sister | 1893 (Age 18) New Zealand
younger sister -
Rose May
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| Birth of a brother | 1895 (Age 20) New Zealand
younger brother -
Albert May
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| History | 1897 (Age 22) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 23) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 24) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 26) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 28) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 29) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 30) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| History | 1914 (Age 39) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 41) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 42) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 43) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| Death of a father | 1920 (Age 45) New Zealand
father -
James May
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| History | 1922 (Age 47) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 53) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| Death of a mother | between April 1934 and June 1934 (Age 59) Petone, Wellington, New Zealand
mother -
Caroline Janes
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| History | 1936 (Age 61) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 62) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 63) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 64) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 64) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 65) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 66) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 66) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 66) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 66) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 68) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 68) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 70) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 70) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 70) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
James May
Birth before 15 March 1835 Leigh, Kent, England Death 1920 (Age 84) Age: 85 New Zealand Loading...
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17 years mother |
Caroline Janes
Birth before 19 October 1851 41 28 Speldhurst, Kent, England Death between April 1934 and June 1934 (Age 82) Petone, Wellington, New Zealand Loading...
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Marriage: between January 1872 and March 1872 — Tonbridge R D, Kent, England |
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22 months #1 elder sister |
Alice May
Birth 19 October 1873 38 22 At sea Death Yes Loading...
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14 months #2 herself |
Ada May
Birth 1875 39 23 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #3 younger sister |
Caroline May
Birth 1877 41 25 New Zealand Death between October 1953 and December 1953 (Age 76) Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Loading...
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Florence May
Birth 1879 43 27 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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3 years #5 younger sister |
Lilian Hannah May
Birth 1882 46 30 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #6 younger sister |
Jem May
Birth 1884 48 32 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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3 years #7 younger brother |
Jack May
Birth 1887 51 35 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
Alfred May
Birth 1889 53 37 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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4 years #9 younger sister |
Rose May
Birth 1893 57 41 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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2 years #10 younger brother |
Albert May
Birth 1895 59 43 New Zealand Death Yes Loading...
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