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Ephraim Drury1853–?

Name
Ephraim Drury
Given names
Ephraim
Surname
Drury
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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
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
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 motherFrances Skinner - View family
between October 1861 and December 1861 (Age 8)
 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

step-father - Thomas Cox
mother - Frances Skinner
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
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).
DeathYes
 

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

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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

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Marriage: between October 1844 and December 1844 — Tonbridge R D, Kent, England
1 year
#1 elder sister
Rhoda Drury

Birth between October 1845 and December 1845 22 22  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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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  

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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  

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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

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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  

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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

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Mother’s family with Thomas Cox - View family
step-father
Thomas Cox

Death Yes  

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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

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Marriage: between October 1861 and December 1861 — Tonbridge R D, Kent, England
 

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