Mary Ann

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Born	1820 , Aldingbourne, Sussex
Died	1904 , Sussex
Marriage	John Frost Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence	1861	Chapel Row, Alverstoke, Hampshire
Occupation	1881	Laundress
Residence	1881	Barnham Street, Barnham, Sussex
Residence	1901	Eastergate, Sussex

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George IV

Birth

1820

Born at Aldingbourne, Sussex
Year of birth

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age c. 5

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age c. 9

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age c. 9

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age c. 9

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age c. 10

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age c. 10

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age c. 11

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age c. 12

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age c. 13

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age c. 14

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age c. 17

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age c. 17

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age c. 20

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age c. 21

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age c. 25

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age c. 26

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age c. 31

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age c. 32

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age c. 34

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age c. 34

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age c. 34

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age c. 35

1855

Daughter Mary Ann born
Age c. 36

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age c. 37

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age c. 39

1859

Daughter Laura born
Age c. 39

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age c. 41

1861

Residence

Chapel Row, Alverstoke, Hampshire
Age c. 43

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age c. 43

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age c. 47

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age c. 50

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age c. 50

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age c. 52

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age c. 52

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age c. 56

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age c. 57

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age c. 59

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age c. 59

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age c. 61

1881

Occupation

Laundress
Age c. 61

1881

Residence

Barnham Street, Barnham, Sussex
Age c. 62

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age c. 62

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age c. 64

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age c. 68

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age c. 68

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age c. 76

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age c. 79

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age c. 81

1901

Residence

Eastergate, Sussex
Age c. 81

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age c. 81

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age c. 83

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age c. 84

1904

Died at Sussex