Timeline
1700 1800
EST 1708 : Birth date of Guliemus/William TAILFORTH/TELFER
EST 1708 : Birth date of Sarah RICHARDSON
Friday 22 April 1720 : Marriage date of Guliemus/William TAILFORTH/TELFER = Sarah RICHARDSON
Sunday 29 April 1722 : Birth date of Gulielm TELFER
EST 1723 : Birth date of Janet JACKSON
Sunday 30 June 1728 : Birth date of John TELFER
Tuesday 1 April 1735 : Birth date of Isobel TELFER
EST 1738 : Birth date of Archebald ELLIOT
1739 : Birth date of Sarah TELFER/TELFAIR
Friday 7 March 1755 : marriage of John Telfer and Janet Jackson in Westerkirk Parish near Langholm, Dumfriesshire
Friday 7 March 1755 : Marriage date of John TELFER = Janet JACKSON
1756 : Death date of Thomas (infant death) TELFER
Wednesday 11 February 1756 : John Telfer and Janet Jackson baptize a first child in Langholm who dies in infancy
Wednesday 11 February 1756 : Birth date of Thomas (infant death) TELFER
Tuesday 9 August 1757 : Thomas Telfer (Telford) born to John Telfer and Janet Jackson at Bentpath, Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire
Tuesday 9 August 1757 : Birth date of Thomas TELFER/TELFORD
November 1757 : Death date of John TELFER
November 1757 : Telford's father, John Telfer "the Unblameable Shepherd" dies
1758 : Telford and mother, Janet Jackson, move to a cottage at The Crooks, Glendinning where he attends school and works as a shepherd boy
Saturday 6 December 1760 : Marriage date of David SCOT = Isobel TELFER
EST 1763 : Marriage date of Archebald ELLIOT = Sarah TELFER/TELFAIR
1764 : Birth date of Margaret ELLIOT
Monday 27 August 1764 : Christening date of Margaret ELLIOT
1766 : Birth date of Sarah ELLIOTT
1768 : Birth date of William ELLIOTT
1771 : Telford leaves school to become an apprentice stonemason in Lochmaben but returns home after a few months following mistreatment
1771 : Birth date of Isabel ELLIOT
1772 : Thomas Jackson, the factor at Wester Hall and a cousin, persuades Andrew Thomson, a small mason at Langholm, to take Telford for the remainder of his apprenticeship
1772 : Start of Telford works on constructing Langholm New Town and the Esk Bridge
1775 : Birth date of Elizabeth ELLIOT
1778 : Birth date of John ELLIOTT
1780 : Telford moves to Edinburgh to work as a stonemason on the New Town development
1780 : End of Telford works on constructing Langholm New Town and the Esk Bridge
1782 : Telford returns home to say farewell and then travels on to London, on horseback, to work on the Somerset House building
1783 : Marriage date of William ELLIOTT = Jean DAVIDSON
1784 : Birth date of Margaret ELLIOT
1784 : Telford manages construction work at Portsmouth Dockyard
1785 : Birth date of Robert ELLIOT
EST 1786 : Birth date of John ELLIOT
1788 : Telford designs the town of Ullapool for the British Fisheries Society
1788 : through the influence of the MP, William Pulteney, Telford appointed Surveyor of Public Works in Shropshire
1790 : Telford returned to Scotland to survey harbours and piers on behalf of the British Fisheries Society
1791 : Birth date of Matthew ELLIOT
1793 : Birth date of Janet ELLIOT
1793 : Telford appointed Chief engineer for the construction of Ellsmere Canal
1794 : Death date of Janet JACKSON
1796 : Bildwas Bridge, River Severn completed
1796 : Longdon-upon-Tern Aqueduct completed
1797 : Birth date of Jean Beattie ELLIOT
AFT 1797 : Death date of William ELLIOTT
1798 : Start of Telford builds or improves harbours across Scotland, including those at Kirkwall, Wick, Portmahomack, Dingwall, Invergordon, Fortrose, Nairn, Burghead, Cullen, Banff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Aberdeen, Dundee, Leith, Tayvallich,
1801 : Chirk Aqueduct completed
1801 : the Government asks Telford to survey of roads across Scotland
1803 : Start of Telford builds the Caledonian Canal
1804 : Start of Telford builds 920 miles of "Parliamentary Road" and 120 bridges across Scotland. These include: Bridges: The River Don Bridge at Alford; Tongland Bridge; Dunkeld Bridge; Bonar Bridge; Craigellachie Bridge; Ballater Bridge; Roy
1805 : Pontcysyllte Aqueduct completed
1808 : First trip to Sweden, consultant for the Gotha Canal
1810 : Port of Aberdeen completed
1811 : First report on Holyhead Road
1811 : Telford supervises construction of Standedge Canal Tunnel
1812 : Craigellachie Bridge completed
1813 : Telford makes his second trip to Sweden
1815 : Waterloo Bridge completed
1816 : Telford redesigns the Crinan Canal
1817 : Start of Telford appointed Commissioner for the Treasury Department
1819 : Start of construction of Menai Straits Bridge
1819 : Menai Straits Bridge completed
1820 : Telford becomes the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers
1822 : End of Telford builds the Caledonian Canal
1822 : Start of Conway Castle Bridge, Wales constructed
1823 : Start of Telford builds 32 "Parliamentary Churches", 19 in the Highlands and 13 in the Islands. Most of these churches are still standing, including those at Tomintoul, Acharacle, Strontian, Plockton, Poolewe, Ullapool, Kinlochbervie, I
1824 : End of Telford builds 920 miles of "Parliamentary Road" and 120 bridges across Scotland. These include: Bridges: The River Don Bridge at Alford; Tongland Bridge; Dunkeld Bridge; Bonar Bridge; Craigellachie Bridge; Ballater Bridge; Roy
1824 : Eaton Hall Bridge completed
1825 : End of Telford builds or improves harbours across Scotland, including those at Kirkwall, Wick, Portmahomack, Dingwall, Invergordon, Fortrose, Nairn, Burghead, Cullen, Banff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Aberdeen, Dundee, Leith, Tayvallich,
1825 : Start of St. Catherine's Docks London constructed
1826 : Conwy Castle Bridge completed
1826 : Mythe Bridge completed
1826 : End of construction of Menai Straits Bridge
1826 : End of Conway Castle Bridge, Wales constructed
1827 : Over Bridge completed
1827 : Harecastle Canal Tunnel completed
1827 : Holt Fleet Bridge completed
1828 : End of St. Catherine's Docks London constructed
1829 : Start of Telford builds Dean Bridge, Edinburgh
1829 : Galton Bridge completed
1829 : End of Telford appointed Commissioner for the Treasury Department
1830 : End of Telford builds 32 "Parliamentary Churches", 19 in the Highlands and 13 in the Islands. Most of these churches are still standing, including those at Tomintoul, Acharacle, Strontian, Plockton, Poolewe, Ullapool, Kinlochbervie, I
1831 : Dean Bridge Edinburgh completed
1831 : End of Telford builds Dean Bridge, Edinburgh
1833 : Start of Telford builds Glasgow Bridge at Broomielaw
1834 : Thomas Telford buried Westminster Abbey
Monday 9 June 1834 : Thomas Telford prepares his Last Will & Testament
Tuesday 2 September 1834 : Thomas Telford died at 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster, London
Tuesday 2 September 1834 : Death date of Thomas TELFER/TELFORD
Monday 7 September 1835 : Inventory of Thomas Telford's personal effects prepared by James Hope
Saturday 7 November 1835 : Telford's Will proved in the Perogative Court of Canterbury
1836 : End of Telford builds Glasgow Bridge at Broomielaw
Sunday 22 June 1862 : Death date of John ELLIOT
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