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Prince John of the United Kingdom

Also known as Johnnie (nickname)

York Cottage, 12 Jul 1905 – Wood Farm, 18 Jan 1919

10 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born12 Jul 1905, York Cottagenot verified1 source
  • EventBaptism, 1905or burial, 1919not verified1 source
  • EventBurial, 1919or baptism, 1905not verified1 source
  • Died18 Jan 1919, Wood Farmnot verified1 source
  • FatherGeorge Vnot verified1 source
  • MotherMary of Tecknot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1905

    Baptism

  2. 12 Jul 1905

    Born in York Cottage

  3. 1919

    Burial

  4. 18 Jan 1919

    Dies in Wood Farm, aged 13

Family

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Parents

During his lifetime

He lived through 2 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around York Cottage.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Prince is born in York Cottage

In the news1908

Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Getting around

Horses ruled the early 1900s streets

Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.

At the table

Buying Meat for Home Cooking

Because many working-class homes lacked ovens, families often bought 3/4 pound of leg of beef and 1/2 pound of beef suet for meat puddings or rissoles.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Working-class menswear habits

Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.

Music

Pianos as status symbols in 1916

In 1916, a single gramophone cost as much as 200 music hall tickets, making it a luxury item, yet families often saved for years to purchase a piano as a symbol of respectability. By 1914, there were three million pianos in Britain, and in 1916 alone, 40,000 were sold.

Daily life

Water was often collected from outside taps

Many homes lacked running water, requiring families to collect it from an outside tap shared with neighbours and heat it on the stove for bathing.