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Miriam Dorcas (Newsham) 1909 - 1991

Miriam Dorcas (Newsham) Donovan was born in 1909 in Perth, WA Australia to Charles Ernest Newsham and Jane Louisa (Weh) Newsham, and had a sister Jean Elizabeth (Newsham). Miriam Donovan married Walter William Joseph Donovan in 1939 in Western Australia, and died at age 81 years old on September 10, 1991 in Subiaco, WA.
Miriam Dorcas (Newsham) Donovan
1909
Perth, WA, Australia
September 10, 1991
Subiaco, WA, 6008, Australia
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  • 1909

    Birthday

    1909
    Birthdate
    Perth, WA Australia
    Birthplace
  • 09/10
    1991

    Death

    September 10, 1991
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
    Death location
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    Miriam Dorcas (Newsham) lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
    The average age of a Newsham family member is 74.
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In 1909, in the year that Miriam Dorcas (Newsham) was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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In 1952, at the age of 43 years old, Miriam was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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Marriage

Walter William Joseph Donovan

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Miriam Dorcas (Newsham)

1939
Marriage date
Western Australia Australia
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