Timeline - Phillis Funnell

Week 34 of #52 Ancestors already and the theme is Timeline.  Individual timelines are something I am starting to look at for my ancestors.  I have lots of newspaper reports, probate records and other documents that have been downloaded for many of them and it was only recently whilst I was wondering how to note them so I remember their existence, that I realised I could add them to my family tree on Family Historian 7 as Facts and then they would appear in the timeline for that person.  Another item for the To do list!  I recently did this for a client report and it added more interesting information over and above the usual BMD dates and census returns.

Image of Warbleton Church where Phillis Funnell was baptised in 1849

An example timeline which does not include any extra facts and highlights some of which might be sought is as follows:
Phillis FUNNELL (1849-1947)

• She was born on 15 March 1849 in Warbleton, Sussex. Birth certificate purchased from GRO August 2005.  John her father was a Labourer.  She was baptised on 27 May 1849 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Sandhill Lane, Sand hole, Warbleton, Sussex. 
• She appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Glaziers Forge, Brightling, Sussex. 
• Her brother John FUNNELL died in 1862 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her father John FUNNELL died by being accidentally killed by the wheel of a cart running over him on 22 May 1863 in Warbleton, Sussex. Information received from N P Hell Coroner for Sussex.  Inquest held 23 May 1863.  Death certificate purchased from GRO December 2006. 
• She appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Brewhouse Road, Hailsham, Sussex. 
• Her sister Edith FUNNELL died in 1875 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• She married William John PILBEAM on 4 April 1877 in Warbleton, Sussex. Address: Warbleton, Sussex. Marriage certificate purchased from GRO August 2005.  Witnessed by Lucy Hannah Pilbeam and James White.  Both fathers were Farmers at Warbleton.  John Funnell deceased. 
• Her son William John PILBEAM was born on 30 January 1878 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her son Thomas James PILBEAM was born on 1 March 1879 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 at Little Rigsford, Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her daughter Caroline Alice (Carrie) PILBEAM was born on 12 September 1882 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her son George Charles PILBEAM was born on 28 November 1884 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her daughter Lucy Ann PILBEAM was born on 25 April 1887 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her sister Charlotte FUNNELL died in 1889 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 at Rushford Farm, Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her son William John PILBEAM married Mary Ann JONES on 23 April 1899. 
• She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Road, Warbleton, Sussex.
• Her daughter Caroline Alice (Carrie) PILBEAM married Edward FOSTER on 19 October 1901. 
• Her son Thomas James PILBEAM married Edith Mary ELPHICK on 4 May 1904 in Hailsham, Sussex. 
• Her son George Charles PILBEAM married Naomi Elizabeth WINCHESTER on 4 June 1906 in Warbleton, Sussex. Marriage certificate purchased from GRO August 2005.  Witnessed by Arthur Reginald Winchester and Alma Gertrude Winchester 
• Her daughter Lucy Ann PILBEAM married James Thomas HARMER on 22 February 1908 in Warbleton, Sussex. 
• Her brother Owen FUNNELL died in 1910 in Battle, Sussex. 
• Her mother Elizabeth Harriett MESSAGE died of Apoplexy, exhaustion on 4 March 1914 in Giffords Farm, Brightling, Sussex. Death certificate purchased from GRO, December 2006.  Douglas Funnell, Grandson present at the death. 
• Her husband William John PILBEAM died of Apoplexy 1 hour on 26 May 1919 in Little Rushford Farm, Warbleton, Sussex. G C Pillbeam, son present at the death, Blackdown, Punnetts Town, Warbleton.  Death certificate purchased from GRO September 2005. 
• She died of Pyelitis, Myocardial degeneration on 18 June 1947 in Foords Farm, Punnetts Town, Warbleton, Sussex. Address: Foords Farm, Punnetts Town, Sussex. A E Foster, Grandson, Wood Green, Punnetts Town, Heathfield present at the death.  Death certificate purchased from GRO January 2018 
• She was buried in July 1947 in Independent Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex.

Image of the lane that goes through the woods to Glaziers Forge

It includes timeline for close relatives, ie parents, spouse and children or I can choose to not include them. 
 
I can see many uses of this timeline in the pursuit of my family tree:
What bits of information are missing from a person’s timeline?
What other useful information might be available for an ancestor?
It will also highlight areas an ancestor might have lived when dealing with gaps in census records for example or when trying to find where somebody was married when there is as so often, more than one choice.
If producing reports for family members it just makes it more interesting reading too.

Image of the gravestone of William and Phillis Pilbeam at the White Chapel near Heathfield