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Catherine Balkin Wickes c. 1837 - 1879

Catherine (Balkin) Wickes of Cowwarr, VIC Australia was born circa 1837 at St John’s Well in Mornington Road, MH Ireland. She was married to Harlow Hine Wickes in 1859, and had children Mary Frances Wickes, Catherine Agnes (Wickes) Janetzki, George James Wickes, and Harlow Lewis Wickes. Catherine Wickes died at age 42 years old in 1879 in Cowwarr, VIC Australia.

Catherine (Balkin) Wickes

Cowwarr, VIC 3857, Australia

circa 1837

St John’s Well in Mornington Road, MH, Ireland

1879

Cowwarr, VIC, 3857, Australia

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circa 1837

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St John’s Well in Mornington Road, MH Ireland

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Donn, Australia Walhalla, Australia Walh, Australia Lgatha, Australia Australia Australia
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1879

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Cowwarr, VIC 3857, Australia
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Catherine Balkin Wickes lived 35 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 42.

The average age of a Balkin family member is 77.

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In 1837, in the year that Catherine Balkin Wickes was born, on February 25th, in Philadelphia, the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) - the oldest African-American university in the United States - was founded. It was the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States. Founded by Quaker Richard Humphreys who gave $10,000 to establish the school, it still exists today - although the location has moved and it has been renamed Cheyney University. Humphreys was concerned about the struggles of free African Americans to make a living.

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In 1842, she was merely 5 years old when in January, William E. Clarke - a medical student at Berkshire Medical College - became the first person to use an inhaled anesthetic. He administered the anesthetic to pull a tooth.

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Catherine Balkin Wickes c. 1837 - 1879

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Harlow Hine Wickes