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William Henry Boots

William Henry Boots

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Born DEC 1811 , Ewhurst
Baptised 31 DEC 1811 , Ewhurst
Died APR 1864 , Ewhurst
Buried 30 APR 1864 , St James Ewhurst
Parents Benjamin Boots (Father) Family
Sarah Boots (Mother) Family
Marriages Hester Selmes — ABT 1835 at Brede, Sussex Family Page
Elizabeth Spilsted — 25 DEC 1843 at Ewhurst, Sussex Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation BET 1841 AND 1861 Master Wheelwright
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    Dec 1811
    Born at Ewhurst
  • Newborn
    31 Dec 1811
    Baptised at Ewhurst
  • Age 3
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 3
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 7
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 8
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 13
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 17
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age 17
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age 17
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age 18
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age 18
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 19
    Mar 1831
    Mother Sarah died
  • Age 19
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 20
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 21
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 22
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 24
    1835
    Married Hester Selmes at Brede, Sussex
  • Age 25
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 25
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 28
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 30
    1841
    Occupation
    Master Wheelwright
  • Age 29
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age 32
    25 Dec 1843
    Married Elizabeth Spilsted at Ewhurst, Sussex
  • Age 33
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age 34
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age 39
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age 40
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age 42
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age 42
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age 42
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age 44
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age 45
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age 47
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age 49
    Dec 1860
    Father Benjamin died
  • Age 51
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age 51
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age 52
    Apr 1864
    Died at Ewhurst
  • Age 52
    30 Apr 1864
    Buried at St James Ewhurst