♂ Henry Clay Franklin

1848 - 1915

Henry Clay Franklin
Parents
Ann Eliza Lott
Ann Eliza Lott
1809 - 1891
Spouse
Margaret Jane Miller
Margaret Jane Miller
1843 - 1877
Grace Lavinia Clarke
Grace Lavinia Clarke
1859 - 1940
Children
Siblings

1850


Age: 1y

1860


Age: 11y
1860 • Assisted by the British navy, the troops of Giuseppe Garibaldi cross from Sicily to the Italian mainland.
about

1861


Oct
Age: 13y

military


West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Henry enrolled as a private in the 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry.
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1861 • American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, is fought, with a Confederate victory.

1865


Age: 16y
1865 • The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.

1870


Age: 21y

1872


Jan 19
Age: 23y
1872 • The Tichborne case is decided in London against the claimant Arthur Orton (who, as a result, is convicted of perjury in 1874).

1875


Age: 26y
Henry Clay Franklin & Margaret Miller - 1875 New York Census

residence


Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓
Living and working in Brooklyn as a Real Estate Agent. Was a boarder with his wife Margaret - living with the Blair's
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1875 Wimbledon: Henry Cavendish Jones convinces the "All England Croquet Club" to replace a croquet court with a lawn tennis court.

1880


Age: 31y
1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

1881


Jan 19
Age: 32y
1881 • Some Vatican archives are opened to scholars for the first time.

1881


Aug 3
Age: 33y
1881 Kinshasa (the capital of the present day Democratic Republic of Congo) is founded by Henry Morton Stanley as a trading outpost called Léopoldville.

1888


Dec 26
Age: 40y
1888 • The first St V-parade by students in Brussels.

1900


Age: 51y
1900 Boxer Rebellion: The Boxers attack Belgians in the Fengtai railway station.

1910


Age: 61y

1915


Aug 16
Age: 67y
1915 • U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.

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