Ephraim Drury1853–?
- Name
- Ephraim Drury
- Given names
- Ephraim
- Surname
- Drury
| Birth | between January 1853 and March 1853 29 30 Maidstone R D, Kent, England |
| History | 1853 Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 2) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| Birth of a brother | 27 September 1856 (Age 3) Maidstone R D, Kent, England
younger brother -
David Stephen Drury
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| History | 1857 (Age 4) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| Death of a father | between October 1857 and December 1857 (Age 4) Tonbridge R D, Kent, England
father -
Stephen Drury
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| History | 1858 (Age 5) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 8) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| Marriage of a mother | Frances Skinner - View family between October 1861 and December 1861 (Age 8) Tonbridge R D, Kent, England
step-father -
Thomas Cox
mother -
Frances Skinner
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| History | 1862 (Age 9) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 11) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 14) Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic.<br />Second Reform Bill: enfranchises many workingmen, adds 938,000 to an electorate of 1,057,000 in England and Wales. (Disraeli's legislation) |
| History | 1869 (Age 16) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 16) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 17) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 18) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 23) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 24) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 26) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 27) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 29) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 30) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 31) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 32) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 33) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 34) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 36) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 44) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 45) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 46) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 48) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 50) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 51) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 52) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| Death of a mother | between April 1909 and June 1909 (Age 56) Tonbridge R D, Kent, England
mother -
Frances Skinner
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| History | 1914 (Age 61) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 63) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 64) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 65) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 69) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 75) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 83) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 84) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 85) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 86) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 86) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 87) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 88) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 88) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 88) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 88) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 90) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 90) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 92) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 92) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 92) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Stephen Drury
Birth before 19 January 1823 27 19 Brenchley, Kent, England Death between October 1857 and December 1857 (Age 34) Age: 35 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Loading...
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-2 months mother |
Frances Skinner
Birth before 24 November 1822 Wadhurst, Sussex, England Death between April 1909 and June 1909 (Age 86) Age: 88 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Loading...
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Marriage: between October 1844 and December 1844 — Tonbridge R D, Kent, England |
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1 year #1 elder sister |
Rhoda Drury
Birth between October 1845 and December 1845 22 22 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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15 months #2 elder sister |
Lydia Drury
Birth between January 1847 and March 1847 23 24 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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18 months #3 elder sister |
Emily Drury
Birth between July 1848 and September 1848 25 25 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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3 years #4 elder sister |
Leah Drury
Birth before 9 March 1851 28 28 Yalding, Kent, England Death between October 1939 and December 1939 Age: 88 Battle, Sussex, England Loading...
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22 months #5 himself |
Ephraim Drury
Birth between January 1853 and March 1853 29 30 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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4 years #6 younger brother |
David Stephen Drury
Birth 27 September 1856 33 33 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Death 22 August 1940 (Age 83) Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Loading...
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| Mother’s family with Thomas Cox - View family |
| step-father |
Thomas Cox
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| mother |
Frances Skinner
Birth before 24 November 1822 Wadhurst, Sussex, England Death between April 1909 and June 1909 (Age 86) Age: 88 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England Loading...
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Marriage: between October 1861 and December 1861 — Tonbridge R D, Kent, England |