History

William BENT 1823 – 1917

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-3            1820       King George IV on the throne

0              1823       Birth of William BENT – St Lukes, Middlesex, London, England

7              1830       King William IV on the throne

10           1833       Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire

14           1837       Queen Victoria to the throne

18           1841       Census: Watchmaker’s Apprentice, Lower Smith Street, Clerkenwell

23           1846       Married Louisa BENT, St Luke, Middlesex

23           1846       Daughter born (1) – Louisa Sarah, Clerkenwell, Middlesex

25           1848       Son born (2) – William George, St Lukes, Middlesex

26           1849       Daughter born (3) – Charlotte Ann, St Lukes, Middlesex

26           1849       Lever Escapement Maker, 15 Alfred Street, Islington, Middlesex

28           1851       Census: Watchmaker, 19 Sudeley Street, Islington, Middlesex

28           1851       Son born (4) – Robert John, Islington, Middlesex

29           1852       Daughter born (5) – Mary Ann, Islington, Middlesex

31           1854       Son born (6) – Daniel James, Islington, Middlesex

33           1856       Daughter born (7) – Alice Matilda, Islington, Middlesex

35           1858       Daughter born (8) – Arabella Georgina, Islington, Middlesex
36           1859       Watch # 8627

36           1859       Death of Daughter - Arabella Georgina, Islington, Middlesex

37           1860       Watch # 8827

37           1860       Daughter born (9) – Sylvia Eliza, Islington, Middlesex

38           1861       Census: Watchmaker, 19 Sudeley Street, Islington, Middlesex

42           1865       End of American Civil War, Slavery abolished in USA

42           1865       Death of wife, Louisa BENT, Barbican, London

42           1865       Watch # 11061

42           1865       Watch # 11227
42           1865       Watch # 11249
44           1867       Watch # 11820
44           1867       Watch # 12041

48           1871       Watch # 12635

48           1871       Census: Watchmaker, 21 Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell, London
49           1872       Watch # 12738

49           1872       Watch # 12802

49           1872       Watch # 13285

49           1872       Death of Mother
51           1874       Watch # 13506

53           1876       Watch # 15063
53           1876       Bell invents the telephone

56           1879       Watch # 16581

56           1879       Watch # 16595
56           1879       Watch # 16596

57           1880       Watch # 16665
58           1881       Census: Watchmaker, 21 Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell, London
58           1881       Watch # 16689
58           1881       Watch # 16731

60           1883       Married (2) Martha ABBOTT, Islington, Middlesex
61           1884       Watch # 17107

61           1884       Watch # 17156

62           1885       Karl Benz invents the motor car

66           1889       Eiffel Tower built
67           1890       Watch # 17365

68           1891       Census: Living on his own means, 21 Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell, London
71           1894       Watch # 17428

74           1897       Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
75           1898       Watch # 18410

76           1899       Boer War in South Africa

78           1901       Edward VII becomes King on the death of his mother, Queen Victoria

78           1901       Death of wife (2), Martha ABBOTT, Clerkenwell, Middlesex

78           1901       Census: Living on his own means, 21 Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell

79           1902       End of Boer War

85           1908       Ford Model T first sold

87           1910       King George V

88           1911       Census: Watch manufacturer (Retired), 21 Chadwell Street, Clerkenwell

89           1912       SS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage

91           1914       Outbreak of World War I

94           1917       Death of William BENT, Clerkenwell, Middlesex

                1918       End of World War I