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Martha Lengley1826–?

Name
Martha Lengley
Given names
Martha
Surname
Lengley
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Birth about 1826 36 33
 High Halden, Kent, England

History 1829 (Age 3)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 4)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
Birth of a brother about 1832 (Age 6)
 High Halden, Kent, England

younger brother - George Lengley
History 1832 (Age 6)
 

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 7)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 8)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Birth of a brother about 1836 (Age 10)
 High Halden, Kent, England

younger brother - William Lengley
History 1837 (Age 11)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 12)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
Birth of a sister between October 1838 and December 1838 (Age 12)
 High Halden, Kent, England

younger sister - Jane Lengley
History 1839 (Age 13)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 14)
 

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 16)
 

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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.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 23)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 24)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 25)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 27)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 29)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 31)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 32)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 35)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 36)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 38)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 41)
 

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 43)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 43)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 44)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 45)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 50)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 51)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 53)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 54)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 56)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 57)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 58)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 59)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 60)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 61)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 63)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 71)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 72)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 73)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 75)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 77)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 78)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 79)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 88)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 90)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 91)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 92)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 96)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 102)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 110)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 111)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 112)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 113)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 113)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 114)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 115)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 117)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 117)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 119)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Thomas Lengley

Birth about 1790  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
mother
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 elder sister
Anne Lengley

Birth 1822 32 29  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#2 herself
Martha Lengley

Birth about 1826 36 33  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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6 years
#3 younger brother
George Lengley

Birth about 1832 42 39  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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4 years
#4 younger brother
William Lengley

Birth about 1836 46 43  High Halden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 younger sister
Jane Lengley

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

Death after 1901 (Age 62)  

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