500 Years – 3 Counties – One Family
Here below, within his timeline, are the numerous descendants of a man named Richard Shillakars who was born around c.1616, most likely in the village of Loddington in east Leicestershire.
Possibly, but as yet unproven, these same people could also claim direct lineage, covering around 500 years, from John Shellacres of Lezaite, a man who undoubtedly lived at the same time of King Henry VIII.
I first created such a timeline over 30 years ago in an attempt to add historical context to the lives of our ancestors, to place them besides King and Queens and amidst great battles and Wars.
It is interesting, for example, to realize that our Loddington ancestors lived at a time of the English Civil War when Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians battled with the Royalist army of King Charles the First whom, once defeated, was tried, convicted, and executed for high treason. Also worth noting our Loddington ancestors lived during a time before the Dodo became extinct.
However in reality these events were more likely insignificant to our forebears. Their lives were concerned primarily with trying to survive.
1485 – 1600 Lezaite in Norfolk
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| 1485 | 22nd Aug | King Richard III is defeated at the Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire by Henry Tudor – the Tudor dynasty begins |
| 1508 | Speculated | The year of John Shellacres‘ birth if he was 60 years old at the time of his death |
| 1509 | 21st April | Henry VIII becomes King of England following the death of his father Henry VII |
| 1528 | Speculated | The year of John Shellacres‘ birth if he was 40 years old at the time of his death |
| 1536 | 17th May | Anne Boleyn the 2nd wife of Henry VIII is beheaded at the Tower of London |
| 1547 | 28th Jan | Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son Edward becomes King Edward VI |
| 1553 | 6th July | King Edward VI dies at the age of 15 years |
| 1553 | 10th July | Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen for 9 days until she is arrested and imprisoned |
| 1553 | July | Henry VIII’s daughter Mary becomes Queen |
| 1554 | 12th Feb | Lady Jane Grey is beheaded on Tower Green at the Tower of London |
| 1554 | Speculated | The earliest year John Shellacres’ son Thomas Shellacres could have been born. |
| 1558 | 17th Nov | Queen Mary I dies |
| 1558 | 17th Nov | Elizabeth the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn becomes Queen – the Elizabethan era begins |
| 1564 | 26th April | William Shakespeare is baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 1567 | 23rd March | John Shellacres of Leziate in Norfolk signs his Last Will and Testament |
| 1568 | 2nd April | Probate granted on John Shellacres’ Will following his death |
| 1570 | 13th April | Guy Fawkes is born – later a member of a group who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot |
| 1588 | July | The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English fleet commanded by Sir Francis Drake |
| 1599 | 25th April | Oliver Cromwell born in Huntingdon |
| 1603 | 24th March | Elizabeth I dies – her 44 year reign on the throne ends. She is the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty |
| 1616 | est. | The Shellaker family are living in Loddington in East Leicestershire |
1536 – Anne Boleyn is beheaded. 1558 – Henry VIII’s daughter Elizabeth becomes Queen – the Elizabethan era begins. 1588 -The Spanish Armada is defeated.
1600 – 1683 Loddington in East Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1600 | Population of England & Wales around 4.5 million. High infant mortality leads to only 10% of all births reaching the age of 40 years | |
| 1616 | Speculated | RICHARD SHILLAKER born |
| 1616 | 23rd April | The playwright William Shakespeare dies |
| 1642 | Great Civil War breaks out in England between forces loyal to the King and those loyal to Parliament | |
| 1644 | 5th May | Richard's son Thomas Shillakars is baptized in Loddington Church |
| 1646 | 6th July | Richard's daughter Elleanor Shillakars is baptized in Loddington Church |
| 1649 | 30th Jan | King Charles the First is executed for Treason – Council of State appointed with Oliver Cromwell as Chairman. End of English Civil War. |
| 1650 | Unknown | Richard's son also named RICHARD is baptized in Loddington Church (no record found) |
| 1664 | The great Plague of London kills 70000 in 1664 & 1665 | |
| 1666 | The Great Fire of London | |
| 1671 | 26th May | Thomas Shillakars marries Elizabeth Dawson in Loddington Church |
| 1673 | 3rd April | His daughter Elleanor Shillakars marries Charles Newby in Loddington Church |
| 1674 | 26th July | The newborn daugher of Thomas Shillakars and Elizabeth Dawson is baptized. She is also named Elizabeth. |
| 1675 | 14th March | Thomas Shillakars the son of Richard Shillakars husband of Elizabeth Dawson and father of Elizabeth dies |
| 1677 | May – Dec | RICHARD SHILLAKER (senior) is officiating as a Churchwarden at services at Loddington |
| 1680 | Around this time the Dodo a large flightless bird became extinct | |
| 1683 | 26th Nov | RICHARD SHILLAKER dies and is buried in Loddington churchyard |
| 1683 | A Great Frost ; Rivers froze under 3" thick in one night. Ox roasting on the River Thames. Severe winter from Dec 1683 to Feb 1684. |
1642-1651 – English Civil War. 1666 – The Great Fire of London. 1680 – Around this time the Dodo, a large flightless bird became extinct.
1682 – 1726 Lyndon in Rutland
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1682 | 8th June | Mary Shelacres the daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1683 | June | Thomas Shelacres the son of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1683 | A Great Frost ; Rivers froze under 3" thick in one night. Ox roasting on the River Thames. Severe winter from Dec 1683 to Feb 1684. | |
| 1684 | Unknown | Elizabeth Shelacres the daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1685 | Oct | Thomas Shelacres the son of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres dies on the 21st and is buried the following day |
| 1685 | James II succeeds Charles II as King. King James declares the laws against Catholics suspended. | |
| 1686 | 27th Feb | RICHARD SHELACRES the son of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1686 | 27th Feb | Helen Shelacres the daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1688 | Leading men of England invite William (Prince of Orange) to replace James II as King | |
| 1689 | 16th Jan | Francis Shelacres the son of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres is baptised |
| 1688 | William III (William of Orange) and Mary II becomes King & Queen after Bill of Rights passed by Parliament. Non-conformism permitted. | |
| 1692 | The Salem witch trials take place in Massachusetts – America | |
| 1693 | 9th Jan | RICHARD SHELACRES the Husband of Elizabeth dies aged 42 years and is buried in Lyndon on the 11th |
| 1700 | 1700's – Agricultural Revolution begins in Britain. Population of England about 5.25 million | |
| 1702 | Queen Anne succeeds William III to the throne of England | |
| 1703 | Peter the Great – Tsar of Russia- founds St. Petersburg. In Britain severe gales – "The Great Storm of 1703" – 8000 people die. | |
| 1706 | 13th May | Mary Shelacres the daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Shelacres marries William Walter in Lyndon Church |
| 1707 | Act of Union unites kingdoms of England & Scotland and moves seat of Scottish parliament to London | |
| 1715 | 11th Dec | Richard Shelacre the son of Richard & Elizabeth marries Elizabeth Walton at Melton Mowbray |
| 1715 | First Jacobite rising in Britain attempts to restore Stuart king to the throne. A ten-week frost. Ox roasting on the River Thames. | |
| 1716 | 18th Nov | Eleanor Shelacre the daughter of Richard Shelacre & Elizabeth Walton is baptised |
| 1718 | 17th Dec | Mary Shelacre the daughter of Richard Shelacre & Elizabeth Walton is baptised |
| 1721 | 16th April | Elizabeth Shelacre the daughter of Richard Shelacre & Elizabeth Walton is baptised |
| 1721 | Sir Robert Walpole becomes first & longest serving British Prime Minister | |
| 1725 | 5th Sept | Elizabeth Shelacre (née Walton) the wife of Richard Shelacre has died and is buried in Lyndon Churchyard |
| 1726 | 29th Dec | The widower RICHARD SHELACRE marries ANNE HILL in the village of Loddington |
1683 – Severe winter from Dec 1683 to Feb 1684. 1688 – William and Mary II becomes King & Queen of England. 1721 – Sir Robert Walpole becomes first Prime Minister.
1727 – 1760 Lyndon in Rutland
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1727 | 11th Feb | Hannah Shelacre Daughter of Richard Shelacre & Anne Hill is baptised |
| 1727 | 11th June | George II becomes King. Turnips first used a cattle feed. |
| 1729 | 12th Apr | Elizabeth Shelacre (née Unknown)the widow Of Richard Shelacres (1650/51 To 1693) dies aged 74 years and is buried on the 14th April |
| 1730 | 18th Nov | Richard Shelacre the son of Richard & Anne Shelacre (née Hill) is baptised |
| 1733 | 16th Dec | FRANCIS SHELLAKER the son of Richard & Anne Shelacre (née Hill) is baptised |
| 1733 | A hot dry summer – followed by a mild winter | |
| 1735 | In Rutland crop yield report that the "Wheat and rye good ; barley pretty well ; pease and beans | |
| 1737 | 22nd Aug | Thomas Shellaker the son of Richard & Anne Shelacre (née Hill) is baptised |
| 1738 | SARAH SCOTT the future wife of Francis Shellaker is born in Lyndon | |
| 1738 | A meteor is seen over Lyndon | |
| 1739 | In November "a hard frost in Rutland is recorded with "ice over 3" thick". | |
| 1740 | "Frost most days from January 1st to 16th February" is noted with "ice stayed until 2nd March". | |
| 1740 | Panic as Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves southward as far as Derby. Murrain (foot & mouth disease) spreads to the Midlands. | |
| 1745 | RICHARD SHELACRES dies and is buried in Lyndon churchyard | |
| 1746 | "Distemper in cattle in the Midlands. | |
| 1747 | 30th Nov | In Rutland – two feet of snow recorded. |
| 1748 | 11th June | In Rutland : – "great heat followed by thunder for 36 hours". |
| 1749 | 1st May | In Rutland : "many insects ; caterpillars & red fly ; swarms of locust. In September a tornado moves across Rutland". |
| 1750 | Population of England and Wales about 6.4 million. | |
| 1752 | Gregorian calendar introduced in England. New Years day moves from 'Lady Day' – March 25th to the 1st of January. | |
| 1755 | From 1748 to 1755 ; several earth-tremors felt in Rutland. As recorded by Thomas Barker of Lyndon Hall in Rutland. | |
| 1756 | Britain goes to was with France as 'Seven-year War' starts. The Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born. | |
| 1757 | 25th Jan | Hannah Shelacre marries Joseph Baker in Lyndon |
| 1759 | General James Wolfe leads British army to victory over France in Canada. | |
| 1759 | 21st Oct | ANNE SHELACRE (née HILL) the mother of Francis Shellaker and 2nd Wife of Richard (1686 -1745) is buried in Lyndon churchyard |
| 1760 | 26th May | FRANCIS SHELLAKER and SARAH SCOTT are married in the parish church at Lyndon |
1727 – George II becomes King. 1740 – Panic as Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army moves southward. 1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.
1761 – 1787 Lyndon in Rutland
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1761 | 11th June | RICHARD SHELLACRES the son of Francis & Sarah Shellacre (née Scott) is baptised |
| 1761 | 25th Oct | George III becomes King. |
| 1762 | 6th June | MARY GIBBONS the future wife of Richard Shelacres is born in Hallaton Leicestershire |
| 1762 | 9th July | Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia. |
| 1762 | 24th Oct | Anne Shelacre the daughter of Francis & Sarah Shellacre (née Scott) is baptised |
| 1762 | 14th Nov | Thomas Shellaker and Mary Green are married in the parish church at Ridlington in Rutland |
| 1762 | 24th Oct | Anne Shelacres the daughter of Francis & Sarah Shellacre (née Scott) is baptised |
| 1763 | 24th Oct | Ann Shelacres the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1764 | 15th Oct | Mary Shelacres the daughter of Francis & Sarah Shellacre (née Scott) is baptised |
| 1766 | 30th July | William Pitt the Elder becomes British Prime Minister. |
| 1764 | 7th Oct | Mary Shelacres (née Green) the wife of Thomas Shellacre is baptised in "Riper Years" at Ridlington |
| 1766 | 1st Dec | Mary Shelacres the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1768 | 27th Mar | John Shelacres the son of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1769 | 15th Dec | Hannah Shelacres the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1769 | Richard Arkwright's spinning frame patented. By 1774 30000 people in Manchester were employed in the manufacture of cotton . | |
| 1770 | 22nd Aug | Captain Cook sails into the Pacific Ocean lands at Botany Bay and 'discovers' Australia |
| 1771 | 9th Mar | Richard Shelacres the son of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1772 | 11th May | Richard Shelacres the son of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) dies at only a few months old and is buried at Ridlington |
| 1772 | 28th Oct | William Shelacres the son of Francis & Sarah Shellacre (née Scott) is baptised in Lyndon parish church |
| 1773 | 28th May | Elizabeth Shelacres the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) is baptised at Ridlington |
| 1773 | A very wet year with flooding in the Lincolnshire Fens | |
| 1773 | 16th Nov | Elizabeth Shelacres the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shellacre (née Green) dies at the age of 5 months and is buried at Ridlington |
| 1776 | 4th July | The Congress of American colonies passed the Declaration of Independence |
| 1776 | 11th Sept | Francis Shellaker the son of Richard & Elizabeth Shellaker and brother of Richard dies at the age of 86 years and is buried at Lyndon |
| 1779 | 14th Feb | Captain James Cook is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island |
| 1779 | 11th April | Ann Shellaker the son of Francis & Sarah Shellaker (née Scott) is baptised in Lyndon parish church |
| 1780 | Sunday schools in England were first set up in the 1780s to provide education to working children | |
| 1783 | William Pitt the Younger becomes British Prime Minister | |
| 1783 | Volcanic eruption in Iceland leads to a very cold year. Thomas Barker of Lyndon records; "uncommon haziness..hills look blue..sun shone red | |
| 1784 | Flooding across Rutland Leicestershire & Lincolnshire; worst since 1736 | |
| 1785 | Enclosure of common land continues | |
| 1787 | 19th Nov | RICHARD SHELLAKER & MARY GIBBONS are married in the parish church at Lyndon |
1770 – Captain Cook ‘discovers’ Australia. 1776 – The Declaration of Independence. 1783 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger.
1788 – 1843 Lyndon in Rutland
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1788 | 26th Jan | 736 convicts banished from England land in Australia – the first of 50000 criminals transported from Britain over the next 60 years |
| 1788 | 12th Sept | WILLIAM SHELLAKER the son of Richard and Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) receives a ‘private baptism’ in Lyndon |
| 1789 | 4th Feb | George Washington becomes the First President of the United States |
| 1789 | 14th July | In Paris an angry mob storms the Bastille prison and sparks off the French Revolution |
| 1790 | 30th Sept | SARAH SHELLAKER (née SCOTT) the wife of Francis Shellaker dies aged 51 years and is buried on 3rd October |
| 1790 | 10th Oct | Katherine Shellaker the daughter of Richard and Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) is baptised in Lyndon |
| 1792 | The wettest year since 1782 | |
| 1793 | 21st Jan | In France King Louis XVI is executed on the guillotine |
| 1793 | 15th Feb | Sarah Shellaker the daughter of Richard and Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) is baptised in Lyndon |
| 1793 | 16th Oct | Marie Antoinette – the wife of King Louis XVI is guillotined |
| 1794 | 7th June | SARAH HESTER is baptised in Spittlegates Grantham – The future wife of William Shellaker who was born 1788 |
| 1794 | 18" of rain fell in Rutland from July to November | |
| 1795 | Food preserved in airtight jars for the first time. The first canal opened in Leicester | |
| 1796 | Vaccinations discovered – starting with the Smallpox vaccine | |
| 1798 | 12th Apr | William Shellaker the son of Francis & Sarah Shelacres (nee Scott) marries Mary Wood in Lyndon. |
| 1801 | 10th Mar | The First Census takes place in England and Wales. The Population is recorded at around 8.9 million |
| 1803 | 1st May | Mary Shelacres (née Green) the wife of Thomas Shellacre dies and is buried at Ridlington. She was between 60 and 70 years at her death. |
| 1804 | 22nd June | RICHARD SHELLAKER the husband of Mary (née Gibbons) is a witness at a Wedding at Lyndon church |
| 1807 | 25th Mar | The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act entered the statute books in the UK but it continued in the Caribbean until 1811 |
| 1810 | 15th Dec | Ann Shelacres (née Green) the daughter of Thomas and Mary Shelacres (née Green) dies aged 35 years and is buried at Ridlington |
| 1811 | A volcanic eruption in the Azores leads to two cold years in England : 1811 & 1812 | |
| 1812 | Charles Dickens born in Portsmouth. Britain at War with the United States until 1814 | |
| 1813 | 1st Mar | Sarah Shellaker the daughter of Richard and Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) marries John Lee at Ridlington |
| 1813 | BILLESDON BAPTIST CHAPEL OPENS | |
| 1814 | 1st Mar | Catherine Shellaker the daughter of Richard and Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) marries John Partridge in the village of Wing |
| 1815 | 29th Aug | FRANCIS SHELLAKER son of Richard & Ann (née Hill) and husband of Sarah (née Scott) dies aged 81 years and is buried on 31st August |
| 1815 | 13th Nov | WILLIAM SHELLAKER the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons marries SARAH HESTHER at Exton |
| 1815 | First successful photograph taken in France. Ludwig van Beethoven dies | |
| 1820 | 29th Jan | King George III dies and is succeeded by King George IV |
| 1825 | Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington Railway the first publicly subscribed railway using steam locomotives | |
| 1827 | First successful photograph taken in France. Ludwig van Beethoven dies | |
| 1834 | Poor Law : Unions formed which were large "workhouses". Reaping machine invented in United States. | |
| 1834 | 29th Dec | RICHARD SHELLAKER dies. He is the son of Francis & Sarah Shellaker (née Scott) and husband of Mary Shellaker (née Gibbons) |
| 1835 | 1st Jan | RICHARD SHELLAKER is buried in Lyndon churchyard. |
| 1837 | 20th June | Victoria becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – the Victorian Era begins |
| 1840 | First postage stamp introduced. The use of anaesthetics leads the way for pain-free surgery | |
| 1841 | 7th June | First National Census in England & Wales which includes names of individuals. The Population is recorded at around 15 million |
| 1843 | 12th May | MARY SHELLAKER (née Gibbons) dies. She is the wife of Richard |
| 1843 | 16th May | MARY SHELLAKER (née Gibbons) is buried and with her the name Shellaker disappears from Lyndon after more than 150 years |
1789 – The French Revolution. 1812 – Charles Dickens is born. 1840 – First postage stamp introduced displaying the head of Queen Victoria.
1826 – 1860 Tugby in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1826 | 13th May | Mary Shellaker the daughter of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) is born and was baptised on the 27th May |
| 1827 | 28th Apr | Mary Shellaker the daughter of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) dies at the age of 11 months and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1827 | First successful photograph taken in France. Ludwig van Beethoven dies | |
| 1828 | 1st April | Mary Ann Shellaker the daughter of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) is born and was baptised on the 29th April |
| 1830 | 25th April | RICHARD SHELLAKER the son of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) is born and was baptised on the 8th June |
| 1830 | WILLIAM SHELLAKER recorded in the Poll Book – occupation ‘Cordwainer’ | |
| 1831 | Great Reform Act: many more in the country were enfranchised and could therefore vote in elections | |
| 1832 | First train service left Leicester as it became one of the first cities (though then a town) to be served by a railway | |
| 1833 | 25th Dec | William Shellaker the son of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) is born and was baptised on the 11th Feb 1834 |
| 1835 | WILLIAM SHELLAKER held the position of Leader of the Methodist Chapel in Tugby around the period 1830-1835 | |
| 1835 | 1st Oct | William Shellaker the son of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) dies aged 18 months and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1836 | Very heavy snow fall in England over Christmas | |
| 1837 | 20th June | The Victorian Era begins.Charles Dickens writes "Oliver Twist". Formal registration of births marriages and deaths starts |
| 1838 | MARY ANN GROCOCK the future wife of Richard Shellaker is born in Hallaton (or 1837) | |
| 1828 | Mary Ann Shellaker the daughter of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) dies at the age of 14 years and is buried in Tugby Churchyard | |
| 1840 | WILLIAM SHELLAKER recorded in the Poll Book as residing at ‘Rotton Rowe’ in Tugby | |
| 1840 | 20th June | The use of anaesthetics leads the way for pain-free surgery |
| 1841 | 7th June | First National Census in England & Wales which includes names of individuals. The Population is recorded at around 15 million |
| 1841 | 7th June | WILLIAM & SARAH SHELLAKER recorded in the Census with their children Mary and Richard |
| 1842 | 6th Oct | Mary Shellaker the daughter of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) is dies at the age of 14 years and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1846 | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘White’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ with the occupation of 'Butcher' in Tugby | |
| 1849 | 20th June | Safety pin patented in the United States |
| 1851 | 30th Mar | A National Census in England & Wales takes place. The Population is recorded at around 17.9 million |
| 1851 | 30th Mar | WILLIAM & SARAH SHELLAKER recorded in the Census |
| 1851 | 30th Mar | RICHARD SHELLAKER recorded in the Census as being a ‘Butcher’s Apprentice in Granby Street Leicester |
| 1851 | 20th June | The Singer company was granted an American patent in 1851 for what is considered to the first successful sewing machine invented |
| 1853 | Crimean War begins. (Ends in 1856). This was the first war to be photographed | |
| 1854 | 2nd June | WILLIAM SHELLAKER is assaulted by Henry Ogden of Tugby |
| 1854 | WILLIAM SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘Melville’s Trade Directory’ as a Ale & porter agent in Tugby | |
| 1855 | 6th Feb | Viscount Palmerston becomes British Prime Minister |
| 1855 | 2nd July | WILLIAM & SARAH SHELLAKER face trial for a criminal offence at the Midsummer General Quarter Sessions in Leicester |
| 1855 | 7th July | The Leicester Mercury reports the verdict from the trial of WILLIAM & SARAH SHELLAKER |
| 1855 | 25th Nov | WILLIAM SHELLAKER dies at the age of 67 years and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1856 | 25th July | Thousand watch England's last public hanging outside Leicester's Welford Road Goal as William Brown is executed for murder |
| 1859 | SARAH SHELLAKER recorded as being member of the ‘Wesleyan-Methodist Society’ | |
| 1859 | Antiseptics used in surgery for the first time; pioneered by Joseph Lister | |
| 1860 | 21st July | Frank Cable (later known as Frank Brown) the future husband of Polly Shellaker is born in Camberwell |
1837 – Charles Dickens writes Oliver Twist. 1853-1856 – Photograph from the Crimean War. 1859 -Antiseptics used in surgery for the first time.
1861 – 1877 Tugby in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 12th Mar | RICHARD SHELLAKER the son of William & Sarah Shellaker (née Hester) marries MARY ANN GROCOCK in Tugby parish church |
| 1861 | 7th Apr | RICHARD & SARAH SHELLAKER are recorded in the Census at the Butchers Shop in Tugby |
| 1861 | 7th Apr | The widow SARAH SHELLAKER is recorded in the Census with a profession of 'Beer House. New Act' |
| 1861 | 12th Aug | Sarah Ann Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1861 | 12th April | US Civil War begins |
| 1863 | The widowSARAH SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘White’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ as running a Beerhouse | |
| 1863 | Mar | William Shellaker the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1864 | 26th Aug | Mary Jane (Polly) Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1865 | SARAH SHELLAKER recorded as being member of the ‘Wesleyan-Methodist Society’ | |
| 1865 | 15th Aug | Emma Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1867 | Dynamite discovered by Alfred Nobel in Sweden. In England the Second Reform Act is passed – more people become enfranchised | |
| 1867 | 16th Dec | Elizabeth Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1868 | 27th Feb | Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime Minister but is replaced by Gladstone later in the year |
| 1869 | 20th Dec | Louisa Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1870 | 1st June | Louisa Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is dies at the age of 8 months and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1870 | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded in the 'Harrod’s Trade Directory’ as being a 'Butcher & Beer Retailer' | |
| 1871 | 2nd Apr | SARAH SHELLAKER is recorded in the Census with a profession of 'Accountant' |
| 1871 | 2nd Apr | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded as a 'Butcher' in the Census with his wife Mary with their children Sarah William Polly Emma and Elizabeth |
| 1872 | 18th Feb | Fanny Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1872 | 22nd Apr | Fanny Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) dies and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1872 | 16th Mar | In the first ever final of the FA Cup Wanderers F.C. defeat Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington London |
| 1872 | 14th Oct | Mary Jane (Polly) and Emma Shellaker start at Tugby Village School aged 8 years 2 months and 6 years 2 months respectively |
| 1872 | 21st Oct | Sarah and Elizabeth Shellaker start at Tugby Village School aged 11 years 2 months and 4 years 10 months respectively |
| 1873 | Twin girls Louisa & Fanny Shellaker the daughters of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) are born | |
| 1873 | The twin girls Louisa & Fanny Shellaker the daughters of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) die after only a few months. | |
| 1874 | 9th June | SARAH SHELLAKER the widow of WILLIAM SHELLAKER dies two days after her 80th birthday and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1874 | 27th Feb | First marketable typewriter made in Denmark |
| 1874 | 2nd Oct | Sarah Shellaker leaves Tugby Village School at the age of 13 years 2 months |
| 1876 | 19th Oct | Richard Shellaker the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1876 | 7th Mar | Telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell |
| 1877 | 8th June | Mary Jane (Polly)Shellaker leaves Tugby Village School at the age of 12 years 10 months |
| 1877 | 27th Feb | The first of six wet summers in a row: from 1877 to 1882 |
| 1877 | 12th Aug | Sam Abell Geary the future husband of Emma Shellaker is born. |
1868 – Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime Minister. 1872 – Royal Engineers A.F.C. lose the first FA Cup final. 1876 – Telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell
1877 – 1886 Tugby in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1877 | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘White’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ with the occupation of Butcher in the village of Tugby | |
| 1878 | 6th Feb | John Richard Shellaker the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) dies at the age of one and is buried in Tugby Churchyard |
| 1878 | 26th June | Auction at the Bell Hotel in Leicester of a "Valuable Freehold Farm" in Billesdon knowa as 'The Lodge' – Buyer unknown |
| 1879 | 22nd Jan | The Battle of Rorke's Drift – a battle in the Anglo-Zulu War the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. (The battle featured in the film 'Zulu') |
| 1879 | 19th Apr | Helena (Nellie) Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1879 | 22nd Apr | Helena (Nellie) Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is baptised privately |
| 1880 | 18th June | Emma Shellaker leaves Tugby Village School at the age of 13 years 10 months having achieved 'Grade VI' |
| 1880 | 17th Aug | Frank Cable (aka Frank Brown) the future husband of Polly Shellaker marries Catherine Feltham at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Peckham |
| 1880 | Baked beans first canned in the United States. Ball-point pen developed in the United States | |
| 1880 | August | Emma Shellaker continues her schooling at Wyggeston Hospital Girls School in Leicester at the age of 14 years |
| 1881 | 3rd Apr | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded as a 'Butcher & Grazier' in the Census with wife Mary and children Sarah William Polly Elizabeth and Helena |
| 1881 | 3rd Apr | Emma Shellaker is recorded as being a 'scholar' living at 94 Brunswick Street Leicester in the home of Robert Johnson |
| 1881 | 18th June | Elizabeth Shellaker leaves Tugby Village School at the age of 13 years 6 months |
| 1881 | 21st Dec | JOHN SHELLAKER the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is born |
| 1881 | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘Kelly’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ with the occupation of Butcher in the village of Tugby | |
| 1882 | 1st Feb | JOHN SHELLAKER the son of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) is baptised |
| 1883 | 1st Jan | Local railway station at Ingarsby opens on the 1st of January. Ingarsby Station was around 6 miles from Tugby |
| 1883 | 25th June | Helena (Nellie) Shellaker starts at Tugby Village School aged 4 years 2 months |
| 1883 | 26th Aug | One of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history on island of Krakatoa in Java – effects felt around the world |
| 1883/4 | RICHARD SHELLAKER is recorded in the ‘Wright’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ with the occupation of Butcher in the village of Tugby | |
| 1884 | Mary Adah Wright the future second wife of John Shellaker is born | |
| 1884 | April | Emma Shellaker finishes her schooling at Wyggeston Hospital Girls School at the age of 17 years |
| 1884 | 27th Oct | Helena (Nellie) Shellaker leaves Tugby School age 5 years 5 months and is taught at home by sister Emma |
| 1884 | 6th Dec | 3rd Reform Act: even more ancestors are enfranchised |
| 1885 | 15th July | John William Brown the future husband of Nellie Shellaker is born |
| 1885 | 16th Sept | Agnes Emma Miles the future wife of John Shellaker is born |
| 1885 | General Gordon dies at Khartoum. X-rays used for the first time. A drought hits England | |
| 1886 | Spring | RICHARD SHELLAKER moves with his wife Mary and their seven children leave Tugby for their new home near the village of Billesdon |
1879 – The Battle of Rorke’s Drift. 1883 – Local railway station at Ingarsby opens. 1885 – General Gordon dies at Khartoum
1886 – 1899 Billesdon in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | Spring | RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER and family leave Tugby for their new home near the village of Billesdon |
| 1887 | Another drought across England. Pneumatic tyre invented by John Dunlop | |
| 1888 | 5th Feb | Elizabeth Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker dies at the age of 20 years and is buried in Tugby churchyard |
| 1888 | 11th June | Helena (Nellie) Shellaker and JOHN SHELLAKER are admitted to Billesdon School on the same day at the ages of 9 and 6 respectively |
| 1888 | Emma Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker is baptised at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon at the age of 21 or 22 years | |
| 1888 | 11th June | RICHARD SHELLAKER recorded as residing in Billesdon in ‘Kelly’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ |
| 1888 | 'Jack the Ripper' murders five women in the Whitechapel district of London | |
| 1889 | Helena Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker achieves the '4th Standard' at Billesdon School aged 10 years | |
| 1889 | JOHN SHELLAKER achieves the '1st Standard' at Billesdon School aged 7 years | |
| 1890 | 4th June | Helena Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker achieves the '5th Standard' at Billesdon School aged 11 years and 2 months |
| 1891 | 5th Apr | RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER recorded in the Census at Billesdon Lodge Farm with their children Sarah William Emma Helena and JOHN |
| 1891 | 5th Apr | Mary Jane (Polly) Shellaker recorded as 'housekeeper' in the Census at 8 Chapel Street in Grantham at the house of Mr. Wardle |
| 1891 | Oct | Very heavy snow in London & the south of England with blizzards in the south-west |
| 1892 | 19th June | Emma Shellaker attends Sunday School Anniversary at Baptist Chapel in Billesdon |
| 1892 | 10th Oct | Mary Jane (Polly) Shellaker marries strong>Frank Brown (aks Cable) bigamously at Firkin Street Chapel in Grantham |
| 1892 | 10th Oct | Emma Shellaker and her father RICHARD SHELLAKER are witnesses at the wedding of Polly and Frank |
| 1893 | Zip fasteners invented by Judson in the United States. Severe droughts in 1892 & 1893 results in a shortage of hay | |
| 1893/4 | A severe winter -1893 / 1894. Snow on the ground for weeks | |
| 1894 | 5th Apr | John Richard Brown son of Frank Brown and Polly (née Shellaker) is born in Grantham |
| 1895 | Annie Maria Townsend future Second wife of William Shellaker (or 1894) | |
| 1896 | 17th Feb | Elizabeth (Bertha) Brown daughter of Frank Brown and Polly (née Shellaker) is born in Grantham |
| 1897 | 10th Jan | George Harry Leedham future husband of Beryl Shellaker (and my own father) is born in Leicester |
| 1897 | 13th May | Marconi invents wireless method of sending messages |
| 1899 | 16th Apr | Doris Mary Geary Shellaker (later Mary Curtis) daughter of the unmarried Emma Shellaker and Sam Abel Geary is born in Christchurch |
| 1899 | 11th Oct | Start of Boer War in Southern Africa |
1888 – Jack the Ripper strikes terror in Whitechapel. 1897 – Marconi invents wireless method of sending messages. 1899 – The Boer War commences
1900 – 1928 Billesdon in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 17th Mar | RICHARD SHELLAKER makes his "Last Will & Testament" |
| 1900 | 14th Nov | A pregnant Emma Shellaker the daughter of Richard & Mary Shellaker (née Grocock) marries Sam Abel Geary Shellaker in the Chapel at Billesdon |
| 1900 | 14th Nov | Witnesses at Emma and Sam's wedding were Nellie Shellaker RICHARD SHELLAKER and Sam's brother William Geary |
| 1900 | RICHARD SHELLAKER recorded as residing in Billesdon in ‘Wright’s Trade Directory for Leicestershire’ | |
| 1901 | 22th Jan | Victorian era ends with death of Queen Victoria. Edward VII becomes King. Population of England & Wales about 32.5 million |
| 1901 | July | Sam Arthur Geary the son of Sam and Emma Geary (née Shellaker) is born |
| 1902 | 1st Feb | Sam Arthur Geary the son of Sam and Emma Geary (née Shellaker) dies at the age of 7 months |
| 1902 | 11th July | Arthur James Balfour becomes British Prime Minister |
| 1902 | 12th Dec | William Albert Geary the son of Sam and Emma Geary (née Shellaker) is born |
| 1903 | Wright Brothers make first sustained Aeroplane flight in US. Henry Ford founds his car company in Detroit America | |
| 1904 | 20th July | RICHARD SHELLAKER the father of Sarah William Polly Emma Nellie & John Shellaker dies at the age of 74 years |
| 1910 | 6th May | Edward VII dies. George V becomes King |
| 1911 | 27th Apr | JOHN SHELLAKER the son of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER marries AGNES MILES at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon |
| 1911 | 26th Sept | Nellie Shellaker the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER marries John Brown at the Wesleyan Chapel in Front Street Billesdon |
| 1912 | 14th Apr | Joan Shellaker the daughter of JOHN & AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) is born |
| 1912 | 14th Apr | Just before midnight the Titanic hits an iceberg and begins to sink. 1500 people went down in the ship or froze to death in the icy North Atlantic |
| 1913 | 1st Jan | Nellie Shellaker and John Brown moved= to "The Nursery" in Back Street Billesdon |
| 1913 | 20th July | MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) widow of RICHARD and father of Sarah William Polly Emma Nellie & John Shellaker dies at the age of 75 years |
| 1914 | 28th July | The start of the Great War – later known as World War I |
| 1914 | Ethel (Molly) Shellaker the daughter of JOHN & AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) is born | |
| 1916 | 6th Dec | David Lloyd-George replaces Herbert Asquith as British Prime Minister |
| 1917 | Russia – in the October Revolution (November in the Gregorian calendar) Lenin's Bolshevik party overthrew the Provisional Government | |
| 1918 | 11th Nov | The end of the Great War (later known as World War I). Women vote in British General Election for first time |
| 1919 | 24th Feb | Olive Brown the daughter of John & Nellie (née Shellaker) is born |
| 1919 | 21st Mar | Ken Swift the future husband of Olive Brown is born |
| 1921 | 14th July | BERYL SHELLAKER (née Miles) the daughter of JOHN & AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) and my mother is born |
| 1922 | 28th June | Mary Curtis (the first born daughter of Emma & Sam Geary) marries Clifford Garfoot at Houghton on the Hill Methodist chapel |
| 1924 | 11th Nov | First Labour government under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald |
| 1924 | 4th June | Kenneth Ernest Garfoot the son of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) is born. A grandson for Emma Shellaker |
| 1926 | 26th Nov | John Logie Baird – one of the inventors of the mechanical television demonstrated the first working television system |
| 1926 | 25th Feb | Mary Louisa Shellaker the wife of William Shellaker dies |
| 1926 | 4th May | General strike started in the United Kingdom and lasted 9 days |
| 1926 | 10th July | Edward Roy Garfoot the son of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) is born. Another grandson for Emma Shellaker |
| 1926 | 19th July | John Hunt the future husband of Mary Shellaker |
| 1927 | First talking movie; 'The Jazz Singer' is produced in the United States | |
| 1928 | 3rd Sept | Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming in England |
| 1928 | 17th Sept | Clifford Gordon Garfoot the son of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) is born. A third grandson for Emma Shellaker |
1903 – Wright Brothers make first Aeroplane flight. 1912 – Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks. 1914-18 – The Great War (WWI).
1930 – present Billesdon in Leicestershire
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 22th Oct | Annie Geary the daughter of Sam & Emma Geary (née Shellaker) marries Len Bates at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon |
| 1930 | Nellie Brown and Annie Geary are baptised at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon | |
| 1932 | 15th June | David Howkins the future husband of Ann Shellaker |
| 1932 | 10th Dec | Sam Abel Geary the husband of Emma Geary (née Shellaker) dies at Skeffington at the age of 55 years |
| 1933 | 30th Jan | Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg |
| 1933 | 27th Dec | Bert Geary the son of Sam & Emma Geary (née Shellaker) marries Gladys Betts at the Belton chapel |
| 1934 | 27th Feb | Polly Shellaker and Frank Brown marry for a second and now legal occasion |
| 1934 | 21st Aug | Rosemary Garfoot the daughter of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) is born. A granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1934 | 24th Sept | Doris Geary the daughter of Bert and Gladys Geary is born. Another granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1934 | 22nd Dec | Ann Shellaker the daughter of William & Anne Shellaker (née Townsend) is born |
| 1934 | 24th Sept | Doris Geary the daughter of Bert and Gladys Geary is born. Another granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1935 | 7th June | Stanley Baldwin replaces Ramsay MacDonald as British Prime Minister |
| 1935 | 14th June | Michael Edwin Bates the son of Len and Annie Bates (née Geary) is born in Quenby. A grandson for Emma Shellaker |
| 1935 | 22nd Oct | Nancy Geary the daughter of Bert and Gladys Geary is born. A granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1936 | 20th Jan | George V dies and is replaced by Edward VIII. He then abdicates on 11th Dec of this and George the VI becomes King. |
| 1936 | 12 Sept | Sam Geary the son of Bert and Gladys Geary is born. Another grandson for Emma Shellaker |
| 1938 | 30th Aug | Janet Christine Bates the daughter of Len and Annie Bates (née Geary) is born in Quenby. Another granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1939 | 1st Sept | Adolf Hitler's army invades Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany the Second World War begins |
| 1940 | 14th Apr | Doris Garfoot the daughter of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) is born. A granddaughter for Emma Shellaker |
| 1941 | 30th Jan | Doris Garfoot the daughter of Clifford & Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) dies and is buried |
| 1942 | 9th July | Billesdon Lodge Farm is sold at Auction by JOHN SHELLAKER |
| 1942 | 9th July | AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) wife of JOHN SHELLAKER dies at the age of 57 years |
| 1942 | 9th July | JOHN SHELLAKER marries Adah Wright |
| 1946 | 22nd Oct | William Shellaker the son of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) dies at the age of 83 years |
| 1945 | 6th Aug | Atomic bombs dropped by the USA on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and on Nagasaki on 9th August |
| 1949 | 25th May | Emma Geary (née Shellaker) is presented with a award for 60 years of service to the Billesdon Baptist chapel |
| 1950 | 29th July | BERYL SHELLAKER marries GEORGE HARRY LEEDHAM |
| 1951 | 25th Feb | Emma Geary (née Shellaker) the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) dies at the age of 84 years |
| 1952 | 2nd Feb | George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter who becomes Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1952 | 22nd Oct | Mary Shellaker the daughter of William and Anne Shellaker (née Townsend) marries John Hunt at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon |
| 1953 | Sarah Shellaker) the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) dies at the age of 90 years | |
| 1953 | 7th Dec | Ingarsby railway station near Billesdon closes closed to regular passenger trains and goods |
| 1954 | 22nd Dec | Ann Shellaker the daughter of William and Anne Shellaker (née Townsend) marries David Howkins at the Baptist Chapel in Back Street Billesdon |
| 1955 | 2nd July | Nancy Geary the daughter of Bert and Gladys Geary marries Tony Symmonds |
| 1957 | Nov | John & Nellie Brown (née Shellaker) move with their family move from the Nurseries at Billesdon to Woodbine Cottage in Rolleston |
| 1958 | The first clinical implantation into a human of a fully implantable pacemaker in Sweden | |
| 1960 | Oct | Mary Garfoot (née Curtis) (the first born daughter of Emma & Sam Geary) dies at the age of 61 years |
| 1961 | 12th Apr | Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space |
| 1961 | 13th Aug | After sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall |
| 1961 | 26th Sept | Nellie (née Shellaker) the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER and John Brown celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary |
| 1961 | The silicon chip invented in America paving the way for the development of the modern computer | |
| 1962 | 8th Nov | Nellie (née Shellaker) the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER and John Brown dies at Rolleston at the age of 83 years |
| 1963 | 14th June | Mary Adah Wright the second wife of John Shellaker dies at the age of 79 years |
| 1963 | The Beatles top the British music charts. American President John F. Kennedy is assassinated | |
| 1964 | 2nd Dec | William Albert 'Bert' Geary the son of Emma Shellaker dies at the age of 61 years |
| 1966 | 3rd May | John Brown the husband of Nellie (née Shellaker) the daughter of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) dies at the age of 80 years |
| 1967 | 14th Mar | JOHN SHELLAKER son of RICHARD & MARY SHELLAKER (née Grocock) dies at the age of 85 years |
| 1967 | 3rd Dec | First successful heart transplant was undertaken by Surgeon Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town South Africa |
| 1968 | 21st Apr | Anne Maria Shellaker the second wife of William Shellaker dies at the age of 73 years |
| 1969 | 20th July | American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon |
| 1979 | 4th May | Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister |
| 1980 | Ethel (Molly) Shellaker the daughter of JOHN & AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) dies at the age of 66 years | |
| 1982 | 2nd April | Falkland War between Argentina & Britain begins when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands |
| 1985 | 18th Jan | GEORGE HARRY LEEDHAM husband of BERYL SHELLAKER dies at the age of 88 years |
| 1985 | 13th July | Bob Geldolf organises 'Live Aid' concerts and raises millions of pounds for the staving peoples of Ethiopia |
| 1987 | 18th Sept | Annie Bates (née Geary) the daughter of Emma Shellaker dies at the age of 81 years |
| 1989 | 9th Nov | Berlin Wall dismantled leading to the re-unification of Germany |
| 1990 | 11th Feb | Nelson Mandela freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years captivity |
| 1996 | Ken Swift the husband of Olive Swift (née Brown) dies at the age of 77 years | |
| 1997 | 22nd Feb | Scientists working in Scotland produce the world's first animal cloned – a sheep named Dolly |
| 1997 | 17th Apr | Elizabeth (Bertha) Brown daughter of Frank Brown and Polly (née Shellaker) dies |
| 1997 | 31st July | Diana Princess of Wales is killed in a car accident in Paris |
| 2001 | Joan Shellaker the daughter of JOHN & AGNES SHELLAKER (née Miles) dies |
1945 – Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. 1969 – Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. 1989 – The Berlin Wall comes down. 1990 – Mandela is Free!
TO BE CONTINUED…..
I have included in this timeline the birthdates and marriages of the grandchildren of the Richard Shellaker who purchased Billesdon Lodge Farm in the spring of 1886.
I have many other details of births and marriages of further generations but would not wish to put that information into the public domain unless I have your permission to do so.
If you are a descendant of William, Polly, Emma, Nellie or John Shellaker and would like to add the names and births & marriages of your family to this timeline then please send me the details using the Contact Me page.
2016
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8th July | David Leedham grandson of JOHN SHELLAKER and maybe the 9 x great grandson of John Shellacare of Leziate (alive in the time of Henry VIII) launches the website of the HISTORY OF THE SHELLAKER FAMILY. Around 449 years after John Shellacare of Leziate signed his Last Will and Testament. |