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James Rainforth Newman 1888 - 1919

James Rainforth Newman of Grafton, NSW Australia was born in July 1888 in Worcester, Worcestershire County, England United Kingdom to George Charles Newman and Elizabeth Westwood Pashler Newman. James was baptized in July 1888 at St Martin's Gate, in Worcester. He married Nellie Marj Napper Newman, and had children Charles Rainforth Newman and Joan Elizabeth Mary Lenham. James Newman died at age 31 years old in 1919 in Ballina, NSW Australia, and was buried in 1919 at Grafton Cemetery in Grafton.
James Rainforth Newman
Grafton, NSW Australia
July 1888
Worcester, Worcestershire County, England, United Kingdom
1919
Ballina, NSW, 2478, Australia
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    1888

    Birthday

    July 1888
    Birthdate
    Worcester, Worcestershire County, England United Kingdom
    Birthplace
  • 07/dd
    1888

    Baptism

    July 1888
    Baptism date
    St Martin's Gate, in Worcester, Worcestershire County WR1 2SF, United Kingdom
    Place of worship
  • 1919

    Death

    1919
    Death date
    Car Accident
    Cause of death
    Ballina, NSW 2478, Australia
    Death location
  • 1919

    Gravesite & Burial

    1919
    Funeral date
    Grafton Cemetery in Grafton, NSW 2460, Australia
    Burial location
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In 1888, in the year that James Rainforth Newman was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1891, James was only 3 years old when James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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