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Paternal Family Tree: Darwin
On 18th April 1796 [his father] Robert Darwin (age 29) and [his mother] Susannah Wedgwood (age 31) were married. She brought £25,000 which she had inherited from her father [his grandfather] Josiah Wedgwood who had died the previous year. They has six children.
On 12th February 1809 Charles Darwin was born to [his father] Robert Darwin (age 42) and [his mother] Susannah Wedgwood (age 44).
On 15th July 1817 [his mother] Susannah Wedgwood (age 52) died.
On 27th December 1831 Charles Darwin (age 22) set sail on the HMS Beagle for his five year voyage of discovery.
On 24th January 1839 Charles Darwin (age 29) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 29th January 1839 Charles Darwin (age 29) and Emma Wedgwood (age 30) were married. They were first cousins.
On 13th November 1848 [his father] Robert Darwin (age 82) died.
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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1859 Charles Darwin (age 49) published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life".
1868. Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle (age 52). Photograph of Charles Darwin (age 58).
1875. Walter William Ouless (age 26). Portrait of Charles Darwin (age 65).
1881. John Collier (age 30). (Copy of) Portrait of Charles Darwin (age 71).
On 19th April 1882 Charles Darwin (age 73) died.
On 2nd October 1896 [his former wife] Emma Wedgwood (age 88) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Darwin of Elston
GrandFather: Erasmus Darwin
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hill
Father: Robert Darwin
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Howard of Lichfield
GrandMother: Mary aka Polly Howard
GrandFather: Josiah Wedgwood
Mother: Susannah Wedgwood