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John Smith Ormston 1866 - 1943

John Smith Ormston of Geelong Australia was born on April 21, 1866 in Landsborough, Pyrenees Shire County, VIC to James Ormston and Margaret Smith Ormston. He had siblings Margaret (Ormston) Hall, Elizabeth Frances Ormston, Mary Ann (Ormston) Saunders, William Smith Ormston, and Francis Ormston. He married Norma Amelia Hall in 1898, and had a child John James Ormston. John Ormston died at age 76 years old on April 3, 1943 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County.
John Smith Ormston
Geelong Australia
April 21, 1866
Landsborough, Pyrenees Shire County, VIC, 3384, Australia
April 3, 1943
Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC, Australia
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  • 04/21
    1866

    Birthday

    April 21, 1866
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    Landsborough, Pyrenees Shire County, VIC 3384, Australia
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  • Nationality & Locations

    Stawell, Australia Geelong, Australia
  • 04/3
    1943

    Death

    April 3, 1943
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia
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    John Smith Ormston lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1866, in the year that John Smith Ormston was born, on May 10th, the "banker's bank" - London bank Overend, Gurney and Company - collapsed, beginning the Panic of 1866. Unemployment went up to 8% and wages went down. Only about 16% of joint-stock companies - a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders - weathered the Panic.
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In 1875, he was only 9 years old when on February 18th, the Mason County War, also called the Hoodoo War, began. In central Texas, a German-American mob broke into a jail with a battering ram and lynched two suspected cattle rustlers. Thus began a year of vigilante "justice."
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