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Benjamin Boots

Benjamin Boots

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Born AUG 1791 , Ewhurst
Baptised 14 AUG 1791 , Ewhurst
Died DEC 1860 , Ewhurst
Buried 22 DEC 1860 , St James Ewhurst
Parents Benjamin Boots (Father) Family
Ann Balcombe (Mother) Family
Marriage Sarah Boots — 17 JUL 1811 at Ewhurst, Sussex Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation 1841 Wheelwright
Occupation 1851 Carpenter
Residence BET 1841 AND 1851 Staplecross, Ewhurst
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    Aug 1791
    Born at Ewhurst
  • Newborn
    14 Aug 1791
    Baptised at Ewhurst
  • Age 1
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 4
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 7
    Apr 1799
    Mother Ann died
  • Age 9
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 11
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 12
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 14
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 15
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 19
    17 Jul 1811
    Married Sarah Boots at Ewhurst, Sussex
  • Age 20
    Dec 1811
    Son William Henry born
  • Age 23
    5 Oct 1814
    Son Walter born
  • Age 23
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 23
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 25
    Feb 1817
    Daughter Mary Ann born
  • Age 27
    Apr 1819
    Son Horace born
  • Age 28
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 28
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 30
    16 Aug 1821
    Daughter Sarah Matilda born
  • Age c. 31
    1822
    Daughter Matilda born
  • Age 34
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 34
    May 1826
    Daughter Esther Ann born
  • Age 37
    15 Nov 1828
    Son Benjamin born
  • Age 37
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age 38
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age 38
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age 38
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age 39
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 40
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 40
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 42
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 43
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age 45
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 45
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 48
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 50
    1841
    Occupation
    Wheelwright
  • Age c. 50
    1841
    Residence
    Staplecross, Ewhurst
  • Age 49
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age 52
    Apr 1844
    Father Benjamin died
  • Age 54
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age 54
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 60
    1851
    Occupation
    Carpenter
  • Age 59
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age 61
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age 62
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age 62
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age 63
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age 64
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age 65
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age 68
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age 69
    Dec 1860
    Died at Ewhurst
  • Age 69
    22 Dec 1860
    Buried at St James Ewhurst