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Thomas Lengley1790–?

Name
Thomas Lengley
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Lengley
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Birth about 1790
 High Halden, Kent, England

History 1793 (Age 3)
 

Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war.
History 1798 (Age 8)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 9)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
History 1801 (Age 11)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 14)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 15)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 19)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 21)
 

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 22)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 24)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
MarriageMary Mercer - View family
8 April 1815 (Age 25)
 High Halden, Kent, England

History 1815 (Age 25)
 

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 29)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 30)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 31)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
Birth of a daughter
#1
1822 (Age 32)
 High Halden, Kent, England

daughter - Anne Lengley
Baptism of a daughter 19 February 1822 (Age 32)
 High Halden, Kent, England

daughter - Anne Lengley
Birth of a daughter
#2
about 1826 (Age 36)
 High Halden, Kent, England

daughter - Martha Lengley
History 1829 (Age 39)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 40)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Birth of a son
#3
about 1832 (Age 42)
 High Halden, Kent, England

son - George Lengley
History 1832 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 44)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a son
#4
about 1836 (Age 46)
 High Halden, Kent, England

son - William Lengley
History 1837 (Age 47)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 48)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Birth of a daughter
#5
between October 1838 and December 1838 (Age 48)
 High Halden, Kent, England

daughter - Jane Lengley
History 1839 (Age 49)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 50)
 

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 52)
 

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 59)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 60)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 61)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 63)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 65)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 67)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 68)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 71)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
Marriage of a daughterJane Lengley - View family
1862 (Age 72)
 High Halden, Kent, England

son-in-law - James Batt
daughter - Jane Lengley
History 1862 (Age 72)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 74)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 77)
 

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 79)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 79)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 80)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 81)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 86)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 87)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 89)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 90)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 92)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 93)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 94)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 95)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 96)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 97)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 99)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 107)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 108)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 109)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 111)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
Death of a daughter after 1901 (Age 111)
 

daughter - Jane Lengley
History 1903 (Age 113)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 114)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 115)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
DeathYes
 

Family with Mary Mercer - View family
himself
Thomas Lengley

Birth about 1790  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
wife
Mary Mercer

Birth about 1793  Tenterden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 8 April 1815 — High Halden, Kent, England
7 years
#1 daughter
Anne Lengley

Birth 1822 32 29  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#2 daughter
Martha Lengley

Birth about 1826 36 33  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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6 years
#3 son
George Lengley

Birth about 1832 42 39  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#4 son
William Lengley

Birth about 1836 46 43  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 daughter
Jane Lengley

Birth between October 1838 and December 1838 48 45  High Halden, Kent, England

Death after 1901 (Age 62)  

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