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Florence Maude (Rooke) Burton 1888 - 1974

Florence Maude (Rooke) Burton was born in 1888 in North Melbourne, Melbourne City County, VIC Australia to William Rooke and Rosa Henrietta (Fielder) Rooke, and had siblings Charles William Rooke, George Thomas Rooke, Alice Olive Rooke, Henry James Rooke, and Walter Frederick Rooke. She married Edward James Bentick Burton. She also married Edwin Ferdinand Rohlk, and they had children Arthur William Rohlk and Florence Rose (Rohlk) Jackson. Florence Burton died at age 85 years old in May 1974, and was buried at Fawkner Memorial Park 1187 Sydney Rd, in Fawkner, Moreland City County.

Florence Maude (Rooke) Burton

Florence Rohlk

1888

North Melbourne, Melbourne City County, VIC, 3051, Australia

May 1974

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Florence married Edwin Rohlk after his wife Elizabeth divorced him in 1908 for having an affair with Florence (she was their maid while Elizabeth was ill ).
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North Melbourne, Melbourne City County, VIC 3051, Australia

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Fawkner Memorial Park 1187 Sydney Rd, in Fawkner, Moreland City County, VIC 3060, Australia
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Florence Maude (Rooke) Burton lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.

The average age of a Rooke family member is 74.

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In 1888, in the year that Florence Maude (Rooke) Burton was born, 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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In 1935, by the time she was 47 years old, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.

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