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Edward Gillingham c. 1834 - 1904

Edward Gillingham of Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia was born circa 1834 in Somerset County, England United Kingdom. He was married to Mary Ann (Scott) Gillingham in 1860, and had children Mary Ann (Gillingham) Lowe, Arthur Edwin Gillingham, Georgina Gillingham, Maud Amelia Gillingham, Arthur Edwin Gillingham, Edgar Scott Gillingham, Albert Gillingham, George William Gillingham, Herbert Nathan Gillingham, and Ethel May Gillingham. Edward Gillingham died at age 69 years old on May 22, 1904 in Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia.
Edward Gillingham
Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia
circa 1834
Somerset County, England, United Kingdom
May 22, 1904
Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC, Australia
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  • Introduction

    Edward Gillingham, age 17, arrived on October 23rd, 1852 in Geelong and Victoria, Australia, on the ship the Sir Edward Parry. He had been born in Somerset County, England, United Kingdom. Edward married Mary Ann Scott in 1860 and they had ten children: Mary Ann, Arthur Edwin, Georgina, Maud Amelia, Arthur Edwin, Edgar Scott, Albert, George William, Herbert Nathan, and Ethel May. Edward Gillingham died at age 69 on May 22nd, 1904 in Bendigo, Australia.
  • 1834
    circa

    Birthday

    circa 1834
    Birthdate
    Somerset County, England United Kingdom
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Edward was Caucasian, of English and Welsh heritage.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Somerset County, England, United Kingdom, Edward immigrated to Australia and lived in Ashb, Newt, and S Arnaud, Australia
  • 05/22
    1904

    Death

    May 22, 1904
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Bendigo, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia
    Death location
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In 1834, in the year that Edward Gillingham was born, on August 14th, the Poor Law Amendment Act was enacted in the United Kingdom. The Act stated that no able-bodied British man could receive assistance unless he entered a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse). The Act was intended to curb the cost of relief for the poor since workhouses were designed to be unpleasant. Many workhouses used the men as free labor and employed them in such tasks as breaking stones, crushing bones to produce fertilizer, or picking oakum - tarred fiber used between planks on ships -using a large metal nail known as a spike.
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In 1852, at the age of 18 years old, Edward was alive when on February 11th, the first women's public toilet was opened in London. Paris had public toilets much sooner and Berlin had opened one in 1820.
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