There will soon be another celebration of The Diamond Jubilee of the Queen of England. When the first celebration occurred, Florence Rhimes had turned 18 years old two days previous and George Underwood would not turn 18 years old for three more months.
George was most likely already working as a platelayer for the railway around Hull, Yorkshire. Florence was probably with her sister Emily at the dairy farm at Hessle Common in Sculcoates, Yorkshire where they were domestic servants. (There was a family story that Florence and her sister were sent to the “country” for their health. I am sure they were not there as guests. Emily was found on the 1901 census at the dairy farm as a domestic servant and I am presuming Florence had been there also.)
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http://www.queen-victorias-scrapbook.org/contents/8.html
(This is a very interesting scrapbook if you want to see more on Queen Victoria and her Diamond Jubilee)
This day, 22 June 1897, was declared a public holiday in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. It was also a holiday in India and in all those ‘Foreign Places where British subjects were resident’.
As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, beacons were lit at the same time all over the country on the evening of the 22 June 1897. The beacons were actually large bonfires in 1897 and the public were warned against standing too close as ‘if the wind is strong, the flame will fly out 150 feet’. The organisers were anxious ‘that no disaster should mar the Queen’s Night’.
In 1977 and 2002, beacons were lit to celebrate the Silver and Golden Jubilees of Queen Elizabeth II and on 4 June 2012, beacons will again be lit all over the country as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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I wonder how George and Florence celebrated? Did they meet at one of these bonfire celebrations? George’s parents and sibling were all still living. Did they make it a family celebration?
What about Florence and her sister Emily? Their father and step-mother and most of their siblings were also still alive. What did they do to celebrate?
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From Genes Reunited May 2012 Newletter advertisement on internet
London Daily News, 1897
In the British Newspaper Archive, we came across an article from 1897, showing Queen Victoria’s Jubilee procession and service.
Just like this year’s Jubilee celebrations, many of the hotels in 1897 were fully booked. Take a look at this snippet from this article – even a hotel manager was left without a bed for the night, when he rented his room to a guest who offered five guineas for it – that’s nearly £300 in today’s money!
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It is very unlikely that the Underwood or Rhimes family members went to London to celebrate.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
On 23 September 1896, Victoria surpassed her grandfather George III as the longest-reigning monarch in English, Scottish, and British history. The Queen requested that any special celebrations be delayed until 1897, to coincide with her Diamond Jubilee,[180] which was made a festival of the British Empire at the suggestion of Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain.[181]
The prime ministers of all the self-governing dominions were invited, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee procession through London included troops from all over the empire. The parade paused for an open-air service of thanksgiving held outside St Paul’s Cathedral, throughout which Victoria sat in her open carriage. The celebration was marked by great outpourings of affection for the septuagenarian Queen.[182]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee
A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 75th anniversary, but only the 60th anniversary in the case of a monarch (e.g. length of time a monarch has reigned).[1] Traditionally, the diamond jubilee or anniversary of a person was also on the 75th anniversary. This changed with the diamond jubilee of the British Queen Victoria’s reign. There was considerable national unrest when Queen Victoria largely withdrew from public life after her husband’s death in 1861. It was decided to bring the diamond jubilee forward to the 60th anniversary in 1897. The diamond jubilee has been held on the 60th anniversary ever since.
In the preparations for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, there are echoes of the past. Over a long weekend, Britain will once more witness a large ceremony. The Diamond Jubilee Pageant will involve the river Thames with a large number of a boats, whilst family, friends and neighbours will be encouraged to join together in a Big Jubilee Lunch. Queen Victoria granted city status to Bradford, Kingston-upon-Hull and Nottingham, and Queen Elizabeth II will grant city status to competing towns. And, just as they did in 1897, various fires will be lighted – then bonfires, now beacons – shining their lights around all the British island.[3]
In the Commonwealth realms, (formerly the British Empire), there have been two Diamond Jubilees. Queen Victoria held hers on 20 June 1897, while Elizabeth II (Queen of several independent realms including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados and others), will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee between 2 & 5 June 2012. The actual 60th anniversary of her accession occurred on 6 February 2012.
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The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is the international celebration throughout 2012 marking the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. She is today queen regnant of 16 sovereign states, 12 of which were British colonies or Dominions at the start of her reign.
Queen Victoria in 1897 is the only other monarch in the histories of the United Kingdom,[1] Canada,[2][3][4] Australia and a few other Commonwealth realms to have celebrated a Diamond Jubilee.
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