Family of Joseph George Calkin

Calkin, Joseph George
Second born of 7 children born to Samuel and Eliza
The 1871 census has Joseph (53) living at 12, Clayton Street, Lambeth with son Alfred.
Oddly, and not in keeping with other data, it does appear to list him as a widower.
         Born: c. 1818 in London
         Baptised: 23.08.1818 at St. Mary, Lambeth
         Married: 09.07.1842 to Elizabeth Whitehead at Old Church, St.Pancras, London
         Died: c. 03.1875 Aged 57, registered in London
Calkin (nee Whitehead), Elizabeth
In 1882, after her husband's death, Elizabeth is shown as living at
116, Hill Street, Walworth on grandson Percival's birth certificate.
         Born: ? at ?


Three Children
Joseph William
Occupation as declared in 1881 census = "Paper hanger and painter".
The 1881 census has Joseph living at Ballards Lane, Finchley, Middlesex.
Occupation as declared in 1901 census = "Paper hanger and painter".
The 1901 census has Joseph living at Floral Cottage, Ballards Lane, Finchley, Middlesex.
         Born: 14.07.1843 at St. Pancras, Middlesex
         Baptised: 17.12.1843 at St. Mary, St. Marylebone, London
         Married: 04.10.1863 to Margaret Ann Walker, registered in Lambeth
         Died: c. 12.1909 Aged 66, registered in Barnet.
Eliza Louisa
It is believed that Eliza Louise emigrated by herself to France.
         Born: 03.07.1845 registered in Pancras.
         Baptised: 22.07.1849 at Old Church, St. Pancras, London
         Died: ? at ?
Calkin, Alfred Charles
The 1871 census has Alfred (19) living at 12, Clayton Street, Lambeth with his father.
Occupation in 1881 census = "Omnibus Conductor"
The 1881 census has Alfred living with his wife and two children at 77, Hill Street, Newington, Surrey.
(Also shown on the census was Horace Cloak (b.1878) of Lambeth as a "boarder")
Occupation on Son Percival's birth certificate = "House Decorator". Occupation in 1901 census = "Painter and Decorator"
The 1901 census has Alfred living with his wife and five children at 11, Mosedale Street, Camberwell, London.
         Born: c. 06.1851 registered at St. Pancras, London
         Baptised: 29.06.1851 at Old Church, St. Pancras, London
         Married: c. 12.1872 to Emily Jane Clark, registered in Lambeth
         Died: c. 09.1918 Aged 67, registered in Lambeth.



Historical Data

Here are some important moments in History during the life of this Calkin family !

On The English Throne

1760-1820 George III
1820-1830 George IV
1830-1837 William IV
William IV
1837-1901 Victoria

Important Inventions or Moments In Time

1769
Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay, Australia.
1769
Ludwig Van Beethoven was born.
1776
American declaration of Independence.
1782
James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine.
1783
The Montgolfier brothers had a 10 minute hot-air balloon flight over France.
1789
George Washington becomes the first U.S. President.
1789
There is a mutiny on board the Bounty in the South Pacific.
1789
Beginning of the French Revolution.
1790
U.S. population tops three quarters of a million, 20% are from Africa.
1793
Execution of Louis XVI
1800
World population tops One Billion people.
1800
Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland.
1802
First factory act. Providing for factory inspection.
1803-1815
The Napoleonic Wars.
1804
Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France.
1805
Battle of Trafalgar. destruction of the French fleet.
1812
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow.
1815
Battle of Waterloo.
1822
Louis Pasteur born.
1823
At Rugby school, the game of Rugby is invented.
1825
Johann Strauss born.
1827
Louis Braille publishes first book for the blind.
1832
First parliamentary reform act.
1834
Poor Law amendment act.
1835
Samuel Colt patents the Revolver, the first revolving barrel multi-shot handgun.
1838-1848
Chartist movement in Britain.
1840
Samuel Morse invents morse code, and the telegraph.
1846
Repeal of the corn laws.
1851
Big Ben (the bell tower) was built.
1852
Vincent Van Gogh born.
1853
Levi Strauss began making trousers out of tough material for California miners.
1854-1856
Crimean War.
1861-1865
American civil war.
1867
Second parliamentary reform act, extending the franchise.
1873
Philo Remington manufatured the first typewriter (it only had capital letters).
1874
Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, a device for showing moving pictures.