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Help[Games] Re: Victorian Era Generational CAF - Part 1
in reply to a message by Ty Firmin
The Victorian era was a period in British history running from 1837 to 1901. This generational CAF will follow one family in Victorian (London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol) throughout this era. You may give each member of the family as many or as few middle names as you like.
Charles Thornton is a somewhat self-important but very talented blacksmith and farrier (maker of horseshoes) living in Bristol. In 1826, at the age of 22, he meets 20-year-old Edwina White, a physician's daughter, and they fall in love quickly. The two are fairly well-off and get married in 1827. The two purchase a modest yet beautiful home in the city. During the day, Edwina mends clothing items for a small fee and attends teas in the afternoon with several good friends of hers. Only a year after their marriage, Edwina gives birth to a beautiful baby boy with curly brown hair.
DH (1804): Charles Malcolm Thornton
DW (1805): Edwina Margaret Diana Thornton (née White)
DS1 (1828): James Phillip Darius Thornton
A year after James' birth, Edwina finds out she is pregnant once again. In the spring of 1830, Charles and Edwina welcome Alexander, their second son. Alec is such a happy, easy baby, and both parents are thrilled. Shortly after his birth, Edwina's mother falls ill and passes away. The family mourns - Edwina was especially fond of her mother and misses her dearly. Edwina's father is also grieved and moves to Bristol to be nearer to his daughter, Edwina, his only surviving child. He becomes a household presence and a wonderful grandfather to James and Alec.
DS2 (1830): Alexander Washington Clovis Thornton "Alec"
Over the next few years, Edwina gives birth to another healthy baby, a girl. They name her Mary. The family is thrilled - they feel complete with so many children in their home, even though money has become a little more tight as the children have aged. Edwina begins dressmaking in the family's attic to earn a little extra money, and in 1837, she becomes pregnant again, this time with twins. The birth process is arduous, but Edwina eventually gives birth to two small babies, a boy and a girl. Edwina never fully recovers from the birth and passes away three months later. The family is devastated and ten-year-old James leaves school to begin peddling newspapers on the street.
DD1 (1832): Mary Christina Elizabeth Thornton
DD2 (1838): Alice Euphemia Anne Thornton
DS3 (1838): George Michael Kenneth Thornton
James is, at 14, apprenticed to his father and begins work as a blacksmith. The other children attend school. In 1852, James marries his childhood friend, Prudence Wright. He now co-owns the blacksmith shop with his father, who is getting older and finds it harder to work. James and Prudence have only one child together: a brilliant and evidently intelligent girl named Julia. James sends his daughter to a special girls' boarding school to learn mathematics and science. She thrives there and develops an interest in chemistry. When she graduates, she begins reading scientific journals and is apprenticed to a scientist and professor in Cologne, Germany, who is willing to allow her to use his laboratory. She becomes heavily influential in the sphere of science, despite her gender, publishing most of her findings under her professor's name.
DH (1828): James Phillip Darius Thornton
DW (1827): Prudence Allina Thornton (née Wright)
DD (1857): Julia Chastity Lillian Thornton
At the age of 30, Julia marries prominent German physicist Ernst Hoffmann. They move to Austria and have four children together.
DW (1857): Julia Chastity Lillian Hoffmann (née Thornton)
DH (1852): Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hoffmann
DD1 (1890): Elsa Margarete Sophia Hoffmann
DS (1895): Manfred Charles Klaus Hoffmann
DD2 (1897): Clarissa Martha Blanche Hoffmann
DD3 (1900): Maria Rowena Emma Hoffmann
Charles Thornton is a somewhat self-important but very talented blacksmith and farrier (maker of horseshoes) living in Bristol. In 1826, at the age of 22, he meets 20-year-old Edwina White, a physician's daughter, and they fall in love quickly. The two are fairly well-off and get married in 1827. The two purchase a modest yet beautiful home in the city. During the day, Edwina mends clothing items for a small fee and attends teas in the afternoon with several good friends of hers. Only a year after their marriage, Edwina gives birth to a beautiful baby boy with curly brown hair.
DH (1804): Charles Malcolm Thornton
DW (1805): Edwina Margaret Diana Thornton (née White)
DS1 (1828): James Phillip Darius Thornton
A year after James' birth, Edwina finds out she is pregnant once again. In the spring of 1830, Charles and Edwina welcome Alexander, their second son. Alec is such a happy, easy baby, and both parents are thrilled. Shortly after his birth, Edwina's mother falls ill and passes away. The family mourns - Edwina was especially fond of her mother and misses her dearly. Edwina's father is also grieved and moves to Bristol to be nearer to his daughter, Edwina, his only surviving child. He becomes a household presence and a wonderful grandfather to James and Alec.
DS2 (1830): Alexander Washington Clovis Thornton "Alec"
Over the next few years, Edwina gives birth to another healthy baby, a girl. They name her Mary. The family is thrilled - they feel complete with so many children in their home, even though money has become a little more tight as the children have aged. Edwina begins dressmaking in the family's attic to earn a little extra money, and in 1837, she becomes pregnant again, this time with twins. The birth process is arduous, but Edwina eventually gives birth to two small babies, a boy and a girl. Edwina never fully recovers from the birth and passes away three months later. The family is devastated and ten-year-old James leaves school to begin peddling newspapers on the street.
DD1 (1832): Mary Christina Elizabeth Thornton
DD2 (1838): Alice Euphemia Anne Thornton
DS3 (1838): George Michael Kenneth Thornton
James is, at 14, apprenticed to his father and begins work as a blacksmith. The other children attend school. In 1852, James marries his childhood friend, Prudence Wright. He now co-owns the blacksmith shop with his father, who is getting older and finds it harder to work. James and Prudence have only one child together: a brilliant and evidently intelligent girl named Julia. James sends his daughter to a special girls' boarding school to learn mathematics and science. She thrives there and develops an interest in chemistry. When she graduates, she begins reading scientific journals and is apprenticed to a scientist and professor in Cologne, Germany, who is willing to allow her to use his laboratory. She becomes heavily influential in the sphere of science, despite her gender, publishing most of her findings under her professor's name.
DH (1828): James Phillip Darius Thornton
DW (1827): Prudence Allina Thornton (née Wright)
DD (1857): Julia Chastity Lillian Thornton
At the age of 30, Julia marries prominent German physicist Ernst Hoffmann. They move to Austria and have four children together.
DW (1857): Julia Chastity Lillian Hoffmann (née Thornton)
DH (1852): Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hoffmann
DD1 (1890): Elsa Margarete Sophia Hoffmann
DS (1895): Manfred Charles Klaus Hoffmann
DD2 (1897): Clarissa Martha Blanche Hoffmann
DD3 (1900): Maria Rowena Emma Hoffmann
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