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Sydney Augustus Devenport 1868 - 1942

Sydney Augustus Devenport was born in 1868 in Kent Town, The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters County, SA Australia to George Devenport and Catherine Jane (Harris) Devenport, and had a brother George Napier Devenport. He married Ellen Blanche (Phillips) Devenport, and they were married until death separated them. He had children Cyril Devenport, Howard Vernon Devenport, Sydney Devenport, Doris Ross, and Sylvia (Devenport) Halford. Sydney Devenport died at age 73 years old on December 26, 1942 at Prince Henry's Hospital, in South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC.

Sydney Augustus Devenport
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1868
Kent Town, The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters County, SA, 5067, Australia
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December 26, 1942
Prince Henry's Hospital, in South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC, 3205, Australia
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    1868
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    Kent Town, The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters County, SA 5067, Australia
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  • Military Service

    Sydney served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. He joined the military on July 6th, 1915.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Sydney Augustus Devenport was born on March 3rd, 1870 in Kent Town, Australia to George Devenport (1805 - 1871) and Catherine Jane (Harris) Devenport (1841 - 1914) and he had three siblings: George, Lionel and Charlotte. Sydney A. Devenport married Ellen Blanche (Phillips) Devenport (1868 - 1956) in 1905 in Victoria, Australia and they had five children: Cyril Devenport , Howard Vernon Devenport, Sydney Devenport , Doris Ross and Sylvia (Devenport) Halford.
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    December 26, 1942
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    Prince Henry's Hospital, in South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC 3205, Australia
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  • Obituary

    The Age. Melbourne. 28th December 1942. DEVENPORT. - On December 26, at Prince Henry's Hospital, Sydney Augustus Devenport, of Ivydene, Old Monbulk-road, Belgrave, loved husband of Nellie, and the loving father of Cyril, Howard, Sydney, Doris ( Mrs. L. Ross ), and Sylvia ( Mrs. C. Halford ). Aged 73 years.
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In 1868, in the year that Sydney Augustus Devenport was born, on July 9th, The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed African Americans full citizenship and equal protection under the law. It also gave all persons in the United States due process of law. The former Confederate states hotly contested the amendment but were forced to go along so that they could regain representation in Congress
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In 1893, by the time he was 25 years old, a songbook, called Song Stories for the Kindergarten, was published by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. One of the songs included in the book was "Good Morning to All" - later the lyrics were changed and it became "Happy Birthday to You".
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Devenport, Hazel (Oct 26, 1899 - Jan 1974) Devenport, Frederick (Mar 6, 1894 - Mar 5, 1989) Devenport, Helen (Apr 23, 1886 - Nov 1973) Devenport, Dorothy (Aug 18, 1927 - Jul 14, 2005) Devenport, Dudley (Jul 27, 1922 - Jul 4, 1992) Devenport, Josephine (Feb 2, 1910 - Mar 18, 2005) Devenport, Bernice (Dec 12, 1886 - Sep 1969) Devenport, Emily (Jul 21, 1907 - Jan 16, 2009) Devenport, Joseph (Jul 28, 1907 - Nov 4, 1999) Devenport, Robert (Mar 4, 1919 - May 28, 2004)
Devenport, Daisy (Jan 5, 1883 - Jun 1971) Devenport, Beverly (Jun 28, 1921 - Sep 7, 1996) Devenport, George (Jun 10, 1917 - Dec 1983) Devenport, Mae (Oct 12, 1908 - Oct 1980) Devenport, Thelma (Feb 26, 1897 - Feb 1984) Devenport, Mae (Nov 25, 1918 - Feb 12, 2010) Devenport, George (Sep 17, 1892 - Dec 1969) Devenport, Ann (Nov 30, 1945 - Nov 16, 2007) Devenport, Ada (Nov 7, 1907 - Oct 1982) Devenport, Mildred (Sep 24, 1919 - Feb 1993)
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