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Effie May Parkes 1896 - 1941

Effie May Parkes of Ballarat, Ballarat City County, VIC Australia was born in 1896 in Creswick to Selena (Northcott) Parkes and William Parkes. She had a brother William Parkes. Effie Parkes died at age 44 years old on March 13, 1941 in Ballarat, and was buried circa March 13, 1941 at Creswick Cemetery in Creswick, Hepburn Shire County.
Effie May Parkes
Ballarat, Ballarat City County, VIC Australia
1896
Creswick, VIC, 3363, Australia
March 13, 1941
Ballarat, Ballarat City County, VIC, Australia
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  • 1896

    Birthday

    1896
    Birthdate
    Creswick, VIC 3363, Australia
    Birthplace
  • 03/13
    1941

    Death

    March 13, 1941
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Ballarat, Ballarat City County, VIC Australia
    Death location
  • 03/13
    1941
    circa

    Gravesite & Burial

    circa March 13, 1941
    Funeral date
    Creswick Cemetery in Creswick, Hepburn Shire County, VIC 3363, Australia
    Burial location
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    Effie May Parkes lived 29 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 45.
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In 1896, in the year that Effie May Parkes was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1906, Effie was merely 10 years old when English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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