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Sarah Jane PayneAge: 691863–1932

Name
Sarah Jane Payne
Given names
Sarah Jane
Surname
Payne
Married Name
Sarah Jane Garnett
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Birth about 1863
 Merstham, Surrey, England

History 1864 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 4)
 

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 6)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 6)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 7)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
Census 2 April 1871 Age: 8
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Address:
Martin's Cottages, High Street
History 1871 (Age 8)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 13)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 14)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 16)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 17)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
Census 3 April 1881 Age: 18
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Address:
Royal Crown Hotel, 17 London Road
History 1882 (Age 19)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 20)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 21)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 22)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 23)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 24)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 26)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 34)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 35)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 36)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 38)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 40)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 41)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 42)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 51)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 53)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 54)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 55)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 59)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 65)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
Death between January 1932 and March 1932 Age: 69
 Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Date Place Address Notes Sources Media
2 April 1871 Age: 8  Sevenoaks, Kent, England Martin's Cottages, High Street
3 April 1881 Age: 18  Sevenoaks, Kent, England Royal Crown Hotel, 17 London Road
 

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