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Henry James Asker 1887 - 1963

Henry James Asker of South Melb Australia was born on October 28, 1887 in Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County, VIC to Henry Asker and Amelia Curry Asker. He had siblings Ethel Amelia Asker, Bertie William Asker, Reginald Douglas Asker, and Norman Robert Asker. He married Elizabeth Hannah Potter in 1913, and had children Robert Herbert Asker and John Henry Asker. Henry Asker died at age 75 years old on May 20, 1963 in Balwyn, City of Boroondara County.

Henry James Asker

South Melb Australia

October 28, 1887

Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County, VIC, 3068, Australia

May 20, 1963

Balwyn, City of Boroondara County, VIC, 3103, Australia

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[NAME/SUMMARY] Asker, Henry James (28 Oct 1887 ~ 20 May 1963) [BIRTH: 28 Oct 1887, Clifton Hill Vic] {🞺} MISSING @BurialInfo {🞺} BORN: circa 1887 AT: Melbourne; @DeathRegistry {🞺} VIC [B]DM # 27180/1887; BORN: 1887 (CLIF); NAME: Henry James [ASKER]; FATHER: Henry [ASKER?]; MOTHER: Amelia [ASKER?] (born CURRY) {🞺} Labor Corps Register Form says birth 28/10/87 [MARRIAGE: 1913+1945, Vic] {🞺} VIC BD[M] # 6830/1913; MARRIAGE: 1913; OF: Henry James [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Elizabeth Hannah [POTTER] {🞺} VIC BD[M] # 16591/1945; MARRIAGE: 1945; OF: Henry James [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Cecilia Annie [CLARK] [SERVICE: Civil Constructional Corps] {🞺} Personal files for members of the Civil Constructional Corps enlisted in Victoria, single number series with "CV" Civil Constructional Corps,Victoria prefix;         TITLE: ASKER Henry James - [Civil Constructional Corps - Victoria] number CV33420 - Year of birth 1887; ITEM ID: 6587708; REC RANGE: Aug 1942 - Apr 1943; LOCATION: Melbourne; CITATION: NAA: B4218, CV33420; DOCUMENTS: 2 EXIST at 2022-09-18         Labor Corps Register Form says birth 28/10/87         [@NNA] Type "6587708" in the "Item ID" field after clicking the "Items" box in the ADVANCED SEARCH pyramid at "
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- 'recordsearch.naa.gov.au'". [DEATH: 1963, Balwyn Vic] {🞺} 20 May 1963 @BurialInfo {🞺} VIC B[D]M # 9548/1963; DIED: 1963 (Balwyn); AGED: 76 years; NAME: Henry James [ASKER]; BORN: circa 1887 AT: Melbourne; FATHER: Henry [ASKER]; MOTHER: {missing} (maiden name {missing}) {🞺} DATE: 20MAY1963; EVENT: Death; EXTRA: late of Balwyn; @DeathNotice [DEATH NOTICE] {🞺} SURNAME: ASKER; GIVEN NAMES: Henry James; NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 20MAY1963; EVENT: Death; EXTRA: late of Balwyn; PUBLICATION: The Age (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 22MAY1963; AT: RyersonIndex.net [CHILDREN] {🞺} @BdmRegistry:         [❀] Asker, Robert Herbert (1915 ~ 12 Nov 2012)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 14628/1915; BORN: 1915 (SOUTH MELBOURNE); NAME: Robt Herbt [ASKER]; FATHER: Hy Jas [ASKER]; MOTHER: Elizth Hannah [ASKER] (born POTTER)                 (✤) VIC BD[M] # 17561/1944; MARRIAGE: 1944; OF: Robt Herbert [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Betty Marjorie [WATSON]                 (✤) Can't find VIC death record to end 1992                         -✪- SURNAME: ASKER; GIVEN NAMES: Robert Herbert (Bob); NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 10NOV2012; EVENT: Death; AGE: 97; PUBLICATION: The Age (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 12NOV2012; AT: RyersonIndex.net         [❀] Asker, John Henry (1915 ~ 1 Jul 2011)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 14629/1915; BORN: 1915 (SOUTH MELBOURNE); NAME: Jno Hy [ASKER]; FATHER: Hy James [ASKER]; MOTHER: Elizth Hannah [ASKER] (born POTTER)                 (✤) VIC BD[M] # 7007/1941; MARRIAGE: 1941; OF: John Hy [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Beryl Jessie [BLAIR]                 (✤) Can't find VIC death record to end 1992                         -✪- SURNAME: ASKER; GIVEN NAMES: John Henry (Jack); NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 01JUL2011; EVENT: Death; AGE: 96; PUBLICATION: Herald Sun (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 04JUL2011; AT: RyersonIndex.net [SIBLINGS] {🞺} @MyHeritage (siblings):         [❀] Elsie Ann Asker (1894 ~ 1950)         [❀] Ethel Amelia Delandre (born Asker, 1889 ~ 1960)         [❀] Henry James Asker (1887 ~ 1963)         [❀] Norman Robert Asker (1900 ~ 1977)         [❀] Reginald Douglas Asker (1903 ~ 1960) {🞺} @FamilySearch (6 children of Amelia Currey and Henry Asker):         [❀] Bertie William Asker (1896 ~ Deceased, ID:9N9C-21K)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org'         [❀] Elsie Ann Asker (1894 ~ 1950, ID:9N9C-21N)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org'         [❀] Ethel Amelia Asker (1889 ~ 1960, ID:9N9C-21C)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org'         [❀] Henry James Asker (1887 ~ 1963, ID:9N9C-2BB)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org'         [❀] Norman Robert Asker (1900 ~ 1977, ID:9N9C-21B)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org'         [❀] Reginald Douglas Asker (1903 ~ 1960, ID:9N9C-LM9)                 (✤)
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- 'familysearch.org' {🞺} @BdmRegistry:         [❀] Delandre, Ethel Amelia (born Asker, 1889 ~ 19 Jul 1960)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 30135/1889; BORN: 1889 (COLLINGWOOD); NAME: Ethel Amelia [ASKER]; FATHER: Hy [ASKER?]; MOTHER: Amelia [ASKER?] (born CURRY)                 (✤) VIC BD[M] # 7601/1919; MARRIAGE: 1919; OF: Ethel Amelia [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Sydney [DELANDRE]                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 9030/1960; DIED: 1960 (PRESTON); AGED: 70 years; NAME: Ethel Amelia [DELANDRE]; BORN: circa 1890 AT: MELBOURNE; FATHER: Henry [ASKER]; MOTHER: Amelia [{missing}] (born CURRY)                         -✪- SURNAME: DE LANDRE; GIVEN NAMES: Ethel Amelia; NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 19JUL1960; EVENT: Death; AGE: 70; PUBLICATION: The Age (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 21JUL1960; AT: RyersonIndex.net                         -✪-
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- 'findagrave.com'         [❀] Asker, Norman Robert (1900 ~ 16 Jun 1977)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 9959/1900; BORN: 1900 (CLIFTON HILL); NAME: Norman Robt [ASKER]; FATHER: Hy [ASKER?]; MOTHER: Amy [ASKER?] (born CURRY)                 (✤) VIC BD[M] # 343/1932; MARRIAGE: 1932; OF: Norman Robert [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Liln Edna May [NEWLAND]                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 25904/1977; DIED: 1977 (Mitcham); AGED: 77 years; NAME: Norman Robert [ASKER]; BORN: circa 1900 AT: Clifton Hill; FATHER: Henry [ASKER]; MOTHER: Amy [{missing}] (born COX CURRY)                         -✪- SURNAME: ASKER; GIVEN NAMES: Norman Robert; NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 16JUN1977; EVENT: Death; PUBLICATION: The Age (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 18JUN1977+20JUN1977; AT: RyersonIndex.net         [❀] Asker, Reginald Douglas (1903 ~ 1960)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 24586/1903; BORN: 1903 (CLIFTON HILL); NAME: Regd Douglas [ASKER]; FATHER: Hy [ASKER?]; MOTHER: Amelia [ASKER?] (born CURREY)                 (✤) VIC BD[M] # 472/1938; MARRIAGE: 1938; OF: Regnld Douglas [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Doris Grace [HALL]                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 11524/1960; DIED: 1960 (HAWTHORN); AGED: 56 years; NAME: Reginald Douglas [ASKER]; BORN: circa 1904 AT: CLIFTON HILL; FATHER: Henry [ASKER]; MOTHER: Amelia [{missing}] (born CURRY) [PARENTS] {🞺} @MyHeritage (parents):         [❀] Henry Asker (1864; Sunbury, Vic ~ 1934; Fitzroy, Vic)         [❀] Amelia Asker (born Currey, 1867; Carlton, Vic ~ 1929; Fitzroy, Vic) {🞺} @BdmRegistry:         [❀] FATHER: Asker, Henry (1864 ~ 19 Apr 1934)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 5495/1864; BORN: 1864 (AITK); NAME: Henry [ASKER]; FATHER: James [ASKER?]; MOTHER: Agnes [ASKER?] (born MCCLELLAN)                         Aitken’s Gap west of Sunbury                 (✤) SURNAME: ASKER; GIVEN NAMES: Henry; NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 19APR1934; EVENT: Death; AGE: 70; EXTRA: at St Vincent's Hospital, late of Preston, formerly of Clifton Hill; PUBLICATION: The Age (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 20APR1934; AT: RyersonIndex.net                         -✪-
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- 'findagrave.com'         [❀] MOTHER: Asker, Amelia (born CURRY, 1867 ~ 1929)                 (✤) VIC [B]DM # 22997/1867; BORN: 1867 (MELB); NAME: Amelia [CURREY]; FATHER: William Cox [CURREY?]; MOTHER: Ann [CURREY?] (born PARNELL)                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 1306/1929; DIED: 1929 (FITZROY); AGED: 61 years; NAME: Amelia [ASKER]; BORN: circa 1868; FATHER: William Cox [CURREY]; MOTHER: Ann [{missing}] (born PURNELL)                         -✪-
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- 'findagrave.com'         [❀] VIC BD[M] # 6664/1886; MARRIAGE: 1886; OF: Henry [ASKER]; SPOUSE: Amelia [CURREY] [SAME/CLOSE CEMETERY PLOT AND/OR LIKELY RELATED PEOPLE] {🞺} HUSBAND:         NAME: Henry James Asker; DIED: 20 May 1963; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Springvale Botanical Cemetery @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 21 May 1963; PLOT: Grevillea, Garden 1, Bed A6, Rose 04
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- 'findagrave.com' {🞺} WIFE:         NAME: Elizabeth Hannah Asker; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Springvale Botanical Cemetery @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 16 November 1944; PLOT: Grevillea, Garden 1, Bed A6, Rose 04
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- 'findagrave.com' [BURIAL/CREMATION] {🞺} NAME: Henry James Asker; DIED: 20 May 1963; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Springvale Botanical Cemetery @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 21 May 1963; PLOT: Grevillea, Garden 1, Bed A6, Rose 04         GRAVE INFORMATION @
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- 'www.ancestry.com.au' {🞺} DUPLICATES:         [❀] Henry James Asker (@AncientFaces)         [❀] Henry James Asker (@AncientFaces)         [❀] Henry James Asker (@AncientFaces) [BY: DENNIS BAREIS, 2022-09-18.1752 - for BIOGRAPHY (ANCIENT FACES)] This information should help you find relatives for your family tree as well as link them into a tree.
10/28

1887

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October 28, 1887

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Clifton Hill, City of Yarra County, VIC 3068, Australia

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05/20

1963

Death

May 20, 1963

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Balwyn, City of Boroondara County, VIC 3103, Australia
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Henry James Asker lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 75.

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In 1887, in the year that Henry James Asker was born, on May 9th, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opened in London. Founded in 1883, the show was attended - twice - by Queen Victoria and adored by audiences who thrilled to his fanciful acts portraying life in the "Wild West."

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In 1896, he was just 9 years old when on May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. By a vote of 7 to 1, the Court upheld state racial segregation laws, introducing the idea of "separate but equal" facilities for races.

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