John Henry Watmuff, born to Stephen and Elizabeth Vickerman Watmuff, was born in Manchester, but sailed as a free settler to Australia. There he was sent to the gold fields at the early age of twelve of thirteen. His sibling were Mary Taylor, Elizabeth Sara, Fredrick, Charles Bros, and Lucy.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Hey guys, just a little about me. I love reading, I LOVE history, and I've recently been digging up some family history- because a lot of the things I'm reading (like the diaries of John Henry Watmuff) are amazing primary sources to what life was like in the late 1800's for the common Aussie bloke. Also, I'm waving to all my friends who looked up my name just to see if it would pop up- you guys are cool!