Jane Brown (unknown - unknown)

FATHER:	MOTHER:	SPOUSE:	OFFSPRING:
Michael Brown	Unknown	Richard Ellis	Mary Ellis (b.1847)

BIRTH:	No Details
MARRIAGE:	4 November 1844 - Church of St Hilda, South Shields, County Durham
DEATH:	No Details

KNOWN ADDRESSES:

Buxton Street, Newcastle - 1847

BIOGRAPHY:

I do not know when Jane Brown was born but I know her father was called Michael Brown and he was a butcher. She marries Richard Ellis in 1844, a mariner, and has at least one child. She is listed as the mother of Mary Ellis, born in 1847. I don't know when she died.

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Richard and Jane's marriage certificate.

HISTORICAL EVENTS:

1820 – GEORGE IV ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his father, George III. 1827 – GEORGE CANNING (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. 1827 – FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON, VISCOUNT GODERICH and the later Earl of Ripon (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. 1828 – ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Tory) becomes Prime Minister. 1830 – WILLIAM IV ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his brother, George IV. William is the third son of George III. 1830 – EARL CHARLES GREY (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1830 – SIR ROBERT PEEL DEVELOPES THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY which succeeds the Tory Party. 1832 – REFORM BILL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BECOMES LAW, extending the vote to more people and redistributing the constituencies to secure more equitable distribution of representation. 1834 – WILLIAM LAMB, VISCOUNT MELBOURNE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1834 – SIR ROBERT PEEL (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1835 - WILLIAM LAMB, VISCOUNT MELBOURNE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1837 – QUEEN VICTORIA ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of her uncle, William IV. Victoria was the daughter of George III’s fourth son, Edward (Duke of Kent). 1837 – COMPULSORY RECORDING OF ALL BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES INITIATED. 1841 - SIR ROBERT PEEL (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1843 – THE POLICE FORCE FOUNDED. Policeman were often called ‘Bobbies’ and ‘Peelers’ in reference to the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel. 1846 – REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS, thus enabling a greater amount of trade. 1846 – EARL JOHN RUSSELL (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1852 – EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1852 – GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, EARL OF ABERDEEN (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet. 1854 – BRITAIN JOINS WITH FRANCE IN THE CRIMEAN WAR aimed at blocking Russia’s access to the Mediterranean. The war lasts until 1856. 1855 – HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, VISCOUNT PALMERSTON (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1858 - EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1859 - HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, VISCOUNT PALMERSTON (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1861 – OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Though having no direct affect on Britain since America had severed colonial ties, the lack of raw cotton shipped from North America to Northern England sent many into unemployment. 1865 - EARL JOHN RUSSELL (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1866 - EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1867 – SECOND REFORM BILL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS gave the vote to most urban male workers. 1868 – BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1868 – WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1870 – EDUCATION ACT IS PASSED providing the establishment of government schools and for compulsory education. 1874 - BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1880 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1884 – FURTHER REFORMS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS gives the vote to almost all adult males. 1885 – ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1886 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1886 - ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1892 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the fourth time. 1894 – ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, EARL OF ROSEBERY (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1895 - ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1899 – BRITAIN ENTERS THE BOER WAR in South Africa against Dutch and German forces. The war lasts until 1902. Popular opinion at home is against the war and the effect is that further colonial expansion is not favored. 1901 – EDWARD VII ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria, Britain’s longest serving monarch. Edward is the eldest son of Victoria and Albert and marks the start of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 1902 – ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister.