Paternal Family Tree: Darwin
On 18th April 1796 Robert Darwin [aged 29] and Susannah Wedgwood [aged 31] were married. She brought £25,000 which she had inherited from her father Josiah Wedgwood who had died the previous year. They has six children.
On 12th February 1809 Charles Darwin was born to Robert Darwin [aged 42] and Susannah Wedgwood [aged 44].
On 15th July 1817 [his mother] Susannah Wedgwood [aged 52] died.
On 27th December 1831 Charles Darwin [aged 22] set sail on the HMS Beagle for his five year voyage of discovery.
On 24th January 1839 Charles Darwin [aged 29] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 29th January 1839 Charles Darwin [aged 29] and Emma Wedgwood [aged 30] were married. They were first cousins.
On 13th November 1848 [his father] Robert Darwin [aged 82] died.
In 1859 Charles Darwin [aged 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 [aged 52]. Photograph of Charles Darwin [aged 58].
1875. Walter William Ouless [aged 26]. Portrait of Charles Darwin [aged 65].
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1881. John Collier [aged 30]. (Copy of) Portrait of Charles Darwin [aged 71].
On 19th April 1882 Charles Darwin [aged 73] died.
On 2nd October 1896 [his former wife] Emma Wedgwood [aged 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