Ellen Maria Spicer

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Born	5 DEC 1851 , Bourton, Dorset
Died	19 APR 1929 , Surrey, England
Parents	Walter Spicer (Father) Family Jemima Oxford (Mother) Family
Marriage	Frederick Wm Ballam Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

5 Dec 1851

Born at Bourton, Dorset
9 months

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 2

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 2

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 2

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 4

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 5

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 7

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 11

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 11

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 15

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 18

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 18

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 20

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 20

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 21

14 Apr 1873

Father Walter died
Age 24

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 25

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age c. 28

1879

Daughter Ellen M born
Age 27

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 28

26 Dec 1879

Mother Jemima died
Age 28

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 30

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 30

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age c. 32

1883

Daughter Nessie K born
Age 33

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age c. 35

1886

Son Herbet Chas born
Age c. 37

1888

Son Allan E. born
Age 36

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 37

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age c. 40

1891

Son Frank S born
Age c. 44

1895

Son Kenneth M born
Age 44

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 47

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 49

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 49

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 52

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 55

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 56

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 57

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 57

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 58

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 58

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 59

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 60

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 60

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 60

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 61

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 62

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 63

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 63

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 64

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 64

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 64

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 65

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 66

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 66

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 66

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 67

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 71

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 72

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 74

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 74

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 76

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 76

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 77

19 Apr 1929

Died at Surrey, England