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Robert Hill McCracken 1879 - 1955

Robert Hill McCracken was born in 1879 to Hugh McCracken and Lily (Hill) McCracken, and had a brother David Leslie McCracken. Robert McCracken married Martha (Sweetman) McCracken, and died at age 75 years old on April 9, 1955 in Stawell, Northern Grampians Shire County, VIC Australia.
Robert Hill McCracken
1879
April 9, 1955
Stawell, Northern Grampians Shire County, VIC, 3380, Australia
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  • Introduction

    The Argus, Melbourne. 28th November 1908. MARRIAGES. McCRACKEN.- SWEETMAN. On the 4th November, at the residence of the bride's brother, Rupanyup, by the Rev. W. J. Duncan, Robert Hill, eldest son of the late Hugh McCracken, of Stawell, to Martha, fourth daughter of the late John Sweetman of "Pinevale," Rupanyup.
  • 1879

    Birthday

    1879
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  • 04/9
    1955

    Death

    April 9, 1955
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Stawell, Northern Grampians Shire County, VIC 3380, Australia
    Death location
  • Obituary

    The Argus, Melbourne. 11th April 1955. McCRACKEN.- On April 9, ( suddenly ), at Stawell District Hospital, Robert Hill, dearly beloved husband of Martha McCracken, of 24 Sealy street, Stawell, loving father of Keith ( Stawell ), Lillian ( Stawell ), Colin ( Morwell ), Mary ( Mrs. E. ( Trueman, Altona), and Bruce ( Ararat ) Aged 75 years.
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In 1879, in the year that Robert Hill McCracken was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, Robert was only 5 years old when on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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