Sarah Matilda Boots

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Born	16 AUG 1821 , Ewhurst
Baptised	16 OCT 1821 , Weslyan Chapel, Sandhurst By Cranbrook, Kent
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Benjamin Boots (Father) Family Sarah Boots (Mother) Family
Marriage	Jabez Tompsett — 1854 at Battle Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence	BET 1841 AND 1851	Staplecross, Ewhurst

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George IV

Birth

16 Aug 1821

Born at Ewhurst
2 months

16 Oct 1821

Baptised at Weslyan Chapel, Sandhurst By Cranbrook, Kent
Age 4

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 7

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 8

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 8

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 8

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 9

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 9

Mar 1831

Mother Sarah died
Age 10

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 10

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 12

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 12

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 15

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 15

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 18

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age c. 20

1841

Residence

Staplecross, Ewhurst
Age 19

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 24

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 24

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 29

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 31

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age c. 33

1854

Married Jabez Tompsett at Battle
Age 32

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 32

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 33

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 34

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 35

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 38

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 39

Dec 1860

Father Benjamin died
Age 41

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 42

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 45

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 48

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 48

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 50

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 51

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 54

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 55

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 57

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 58

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 60

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 61

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 63

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 66

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 67

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 74

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 78

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 79

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 79

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.