Edward Matthews, 1852

Name
Edward /Matthews/
Given names
Edward
Surname
Matthews
Birth
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 7 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Death of a father
1860 (aged 8 years)
Text:

BET 1852 AND 1861

Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Text:

On the death of his father in 1860 ...

Census

1861 England - Census transcript - Henry Matthews - Household
http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016
Cecily Hill, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Henry MatthewsheadMar29AccountantCirencester, Gloucestershire
Theresa …wifeMar27Sapperton, Gloucestershire
Charles Matthewsson4Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire
Ellen Matthewsdaughter2Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire
Mary MatthewsmotherUnm53Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Frederick Matthewsyounger brotherUnm20CarpenterCoates, Gloucestershire
Charles Matthewsyounger brotherUnm18Clerk in an Estate OfficeCoates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Joseph Matthewsyounger brotherUnm16Clerk in a BreweryCoates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sarah Matthewsyounger sisterUnm12ScholarSapperton, Cirencester, Gloucester
Edward Matthewsyounger brother9ScholarSapperton, Cirencester, Gloucester
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 13 years)
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Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 13 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 15 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 21 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 29 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 34 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Death of a brother
about January 5, 1901 (aged 49 years)
Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Text:

We recorded last week the death, after a prolonged illness, of Mr. Henry Matthews, of Cecily Hill, an old and respected inhabitant of the town.

Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 49 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 50 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 50 years)
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Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 50 years)
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Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 29 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 52 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 54 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 58 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 60 years)
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 66 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 66 years)
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 67 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 72 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 77 years)
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 87 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 93 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 96 years)
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 102 years)
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 106 years)
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 109 years)
South Africa
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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961 (aged 109 years)
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 114 years)
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Prime minister
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (aged 126 years)
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Death of a mother
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
18051860
Birth: between 1805 and 1806Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 1860
mother
1808
Birth: between 1808 and 1809Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Death:
Marriage Marriagebefore 1832
1 year
elder brother
18321901
Birth: about 1832 27 24 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: about January 5, 1901
3 years
elder sister
1834
Birth: about 1834 29 26 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
5 years
elder sister
1838
Birth: about 1838 33 30 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1840
Birth: calculated August 1840 35 32 Coates, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
4 years
elder brother
1843
Birth: about 1843 38 35 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1845
Birth: about 1845 40 37 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
5 years
elder sister
1849
Birth: 1849 44 41 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
4 years
himself
1852
Birth: about 1852 47 44 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:

Descendants of Edward Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Edward Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary , was born about 1852 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

Ancestors of Edward Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Edward Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary , was born about 1852 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Thomas Matthews, schoolmaster (in 1841) and schoolmaster and Postmaster, was born between 1805 and 1806 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1860.

    2. Mary , schoolmistress (in 1851), was born between 1808 and 1809 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

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