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Ernest Joseph Rickey 1874 - 1919

Ernest Joseph Rickey was born in 1874 in Germiston, East Rand County, GP South Africa to John Rickey and Jane (Transton) Rickey. He married Osburga Olave (Boulton) Rickey, and had children Arthur Ernest Rickey, Harold Aubrey Rickey, Osburga Jelf Boulton (Rickey) Blair, Raymond Rickey, and Lindsay Gordon Rickey. Ernest Rickey died at age 44 years old on April 10, 1919 in Dandenong, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC Australia.
Ernest Joseph Rickey
1874
Germiston, East Rand County, GP, South Africa
April 10, 1919
Dandenong, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC, 3175, Australia
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  • 1874

    Birthday

    1874
    Birthdate
    Germiston, East Rand County, GP South Africa
    Birthplace
  • 04/10
    1919

    Death

    April 10, 1919
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Dandenong, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC 3175, Australia
    Death location
  • Obituary

    The Argus, Melbourne. 26th April 1919. RICKEY.- On the 20th April, at "Merlin" private Hospital, Dandenong, Ernest, loved husband of Osburga, and loving father of Arthur, Harold, Osburga, Raymond, and Lindsay, of Clyde North, formerly of Germiston, South Africa; third loving son of Jane and the late John Rickey, aged 46 years. A patient sufferer at rest.
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    Ernest Joseph Rickey lived 29 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 45.
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In 1874, in the year that Ernest Joseph Rickey was born, on September 14th, the Battle of Liberty Place occurred in New Orleans - the capital of Louisiana. Some members of the previous Confederate Army assembled for the purpose of "driving the usurpers from power" and the Republican Governor - William P. Kellogg - was physically driven from his office. The former Confederates temporarily replaced him with (the former) Democratic Governor John McEnery. Federal forces arrived, put down the insurrection, and five days later the legally elected government was restored.
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In 1888, he was just 14 years old when on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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