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Richard Palmer Morcombe 1855 - 1937

Richard Palmer Morcombe of Fitzroy, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born on January 28, 1855 to Edward Bodille Morcombe and Jane Palmer Morcombe. He had siblings Emily Victoria (Morcombe) Lugton, Alice Mary (Morcombe) Reynolds, Edith Rosetta Morcombe, Joseph Elijah Morcombe, Edward Wright Mordan, Edward Bodille Morcombe, Bertha Ellen Morcombe, and William Daniel Morcombe. Richard Morcombe died at age 82 years old in 1937 in Fitzroy.
Richard Palmer Morcombe
Fitzroy, City of Yarra County, VIC 3065, Australia
January 28, 1855
VIC, Australia
1937
Fitzroy, City of Yarra County, VIC, 3065, Australia
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Richard Palmer Morcombe's History: 1855 - 1937

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    1855

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    January 28, 1855
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    VIC Australia
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  • 1937

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    1937
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Fitzroy, City of Yarra County, VIC 3065, Australia
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    Richard Palmer Morcombe lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1855, in the year that Richard Palmer Morcombe was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.
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In 1894, he was 39 years old when on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
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