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Population
Migration
Timeline of events 1763 - 1980 |
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1763
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Birth
of George John Scipio Africanus |
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1766
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George
John Scipio Africanus baptised at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton |
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1771
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Richard
Crosby Africanus baptised at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton |
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1772
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Legal
judgement makes it unlawfull to own slaves on English soil |
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1778
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George
John Scipio Africanus marries Esther Shaw |
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1785
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John
Towels baptised at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton |
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1804
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Dr
Milner, the Vicar Apostolic, takes up residence at Giffard House, Wolverhampton |
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1834
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Death
of George John Scipio Africanus |
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1845-1851
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Irish
Famine |
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1848
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Riot
in Stafford Street, Wolverhampton |
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1849
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Founding
of First Roman Catholic School in Wolverhampton |
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1851
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Three
Roman Catholic Schools in Wolverhampton |
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1851
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One
person in eight in Wolverhampton Irish |
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1851
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Father
Gavazzi lectures in to audiences in Wolverhampton |
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1858
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Anti-Catholic
lecturer Andre Massena (Baron de Camin) attempts to give a series of lectures
in Wolverhampton |
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1867
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William
Murphy attempts to give Anti-Catholic lectures in Wolverhampton |
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1871
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One
person in every 5.6 in Wolverhampton Irish |
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1878
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Five
Roman Catholic Schools in Wolverhampton |
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1914-1918
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First
World War |
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1914
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Belgian
Refugees in Wolverhampton |
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1915
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Some
of the Belgian refugees move to Oswestry |
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1939-1945
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Second
World War |
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1941
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Dutch
Troops arrive in Wolverhampton |
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1945
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Dutch
Troops leave Wolverhampton |
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1946
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Servicemen
and women from Eastern Europe decide to remain in UK |
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1946
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Influx
of Italian migrants to Wolverhampton |
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1950
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West
Indian migrants start to arrive in Wolverhampton |
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1950
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Indian
and Pakistani migrants start to arrive in Wolverhampton |
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1955
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50
migrants out of a workforce of 900 working for Wolverhampton Transport. |
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1960
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300
migrants working for Wolverhampton Transport |
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1965
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600
migrants working for Wolverhampton Transport |
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1967
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Sikh
Turban and Beard row begins |
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1969
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Sikh
Turban and Beard row ends |
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1980
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Polish
migrants build new church in Wolverhampton |
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1980
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Ukrainian
migrants build new church in Wolverhampton |
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