Last Updated : 2 May 2011
Our Furby Ancestors
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John W Furby b.1787
John W Furby b.1812
James J Furby b.1847
John W Furby b.1881
James E Furby b.1931
Furby Time Line
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Here is a list of some key Furby history events with other historic events to compare with.
| Furby Event | Date | Year | Date | What Else Happened Then? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Furby is at Strete, Surrey, England. | 1297 | King Edward lays an impost (tax) on English wool. | ||
| Richard Furby is at Peccham and Bletchington, England. | 1332 | Sep | Balliol is crowned King of Scots at Scone. | |
| Robert Furby married at Boston, England. | 2 Oct | 1569 | William Steward is killed as a witch at St.Andrews, Scotland. | |
| Christopher Furby married at Bishopgate, London | 1591 | Tea is first introduced in England | ||
| John Furby, son of William Furby christened at Whorlton, Durham, England. | 25 Dec | 1646 | First record of a Freemasons Lodge (at Warrington, England) is made by Elias Ashmole. | |
| Approximate year of emigration of Benjamin Furby (who lived at Delaware and Maryland) to America. | 1666 | 2 Sep | The Great Fire of London begins in Thomas Faynor's house and shop in Puddling Lane. | |
| Approximate birth year of my great great great grandfather, John (William) Furby. | 1787 | The Alarm Clock is invented. | ||
| Approximate birth year of my great great great grandmother, Sarah Furby. | 1794 | The first semaphore telegraph from Lille to Paris in France is built by Claude Chappe. | ||
| My great great grandfather, John William Furby (son of John (William) Furby and Sarah) is baptised at Marylebone, London | 6 Dec | 1812 | 12 Jun | The US declares war on Great Britain. |
| Elizabeth Firby married at Liverpool. | 17 Apr | 1825 | British colonists plant coffee bushes at Ceylon. | |
| My great grandfather, James Joseph Furby (son of John William Furby and Elizabeth Collier) is born at Hackney, East London | 9 Apr | 1847 | The first meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers takes place at Birmingham, England | |
| My great grandfather's cousin, Walter Charles Furby moves from London to New Zealand. | 1862 | Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London opens | ||
| My great grandfather James Joseph Furby moves from London to Liverpool. | 1865 | 15 Apr | President Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilks Booth, son of a Liverpool actor, at Washington DC | |
| My great grandfather's cousin George F Furby emigrates to Australia on "Canterbury". | 1867 | 20 May | Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for London's Royal Albert Hall | |
| My grandfather, John William Furby is born in Liverpool. | 18 Jul | 1881 | 19 Apr | The UK Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli dies. |
| Charles Edwin Furby, nephew of my great grandfather, emigrates to the USA and arrives in Hanford, California. | 8 Dec | 1888 | "Jack the Ripper" murders five women in three months in the Whitechapel area of London. | |
| My great grandfathers cousins son Benjamin Furby, leaves England for South Africa. | 1905 | Albert Einstein produces the "Special Theory of Relativity" which deals with high speed motion. | ||
| My grandfather's son from his first marriage John William Furby dies on HMS Laforey off Palermo, Sicily. | 30 Mar | 1944 | 25 Mar | Allied air force personnel perform "The Great Escape" from Stalag Luft camp in Germany |
| My uncle James E Furby, dies in a tragic accident in Ceylon, leaving no members of the family with the name "Furby" in Liverpool. | 18 Oct | 1958 | 15 Jul | Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon is killed crossing the road at Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. |