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Henry Stooke 1822 - 1870

Henry Stooke of Australia was born on April 8, 1822 in Kingskerswell, Devon County, England United Kingdom to John Baragon Stooke and Mary Barton Stooke. Henry was baptized on April 22, 1822 at St. Mary's Church in Kingskerswell. Henry Stooke died at age 48 years old on August 22, 1870 in St Kilda, Port Phillip City County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery College Cres, in Carlton North, City of Melbourne County.

Henry Stooke
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April 8, 1822
Kingskerswell, Devon County, England, TQ12, United Kingdom
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St Kilda, Port Phillip City County, VIC, 3182, Australia
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  • Introduction

    Henry Stooke was born in Devon, England to John Barrigan Stooke and Mary Barter. He had 10 siblings, most of whom stayed in England. His brother Thomas had immigrated to Tasman. Henry married Eliza Jane Lear in 1843 in Australia and they had ten children: three daughters and seven sons.
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    April 8, 1822
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    Kingskerswell, Devon County, England TQ12, United Kingdom
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    April 22, 1822
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    St. Mary's Church in Kingskerswell, Devon County, England TQ12, United Kingdom
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  • Professional Career

    Henry was a master butcher and a Justice of the Peace.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Henry Stooke was born in Enland to John Barrigan Stooke (1784 - 1831) and Mary Barter (1788 - 1867). His father was born in Devon, England, as was his mother. He had ten siblings: John, William, Mary, Thomas, James, Susan, Edwin, Samuel, Ann, and George. Henry married Eliza Jane Lear (1826 - 1902), born in Devon, England. They married on December 27, 1843 and had ten children: Alice, Henry, Harry, William, Louisa, Eliza, Leonard, Ernest, Arthur, and Norman Stooke. All of the children were born in Australia.
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    August 22, 1870
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    apoplexy
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    St Kilda, Port Phillip City County, VIC 3182, Australia
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    Melbourne General Cemetery College Cres, in Carlton North, City of Melbourne County, VIC 3052, Australia
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  • Obituary

    THE Friends of the late Mr. HENRY STOOKE, J.P., are invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral procession is appointed to move from his late residence, Carlisle street west, St. Kilda, on Thursday, the 25th inst., at 2 o'clock, passing over Prince's-bridge about a quarter to 3 o'clock.STOOKE.—On the 22nd August, at his residence, Carlisle-street, St. Kilda, of apoplexy, Mr. Henry Stooke, J.P., aged forty-eight years. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 23 Aug 1870 Page 8.
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In 1822, in the year that Henry Stooke was born, on July 3rd, Charles Babbage published a proposal for a forerunner of the modern computer. Called a "difference engine", it calculated logarithms and trigonometric functions. Babbage wanted to eliminate the errors that occurred through the use of human "calculators" by creating a machine to do the same work. While a prototype was begun, it was never completed.
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In 1836, Henry was just 14 years old when on October 22nd, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected President of the Republic of Texas, which was formed in 1836 as a result of Texas' independence from Mexico. He served two years, per the Texas Constitution - subsequent Presidents could serve three years.
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Stooke, Ina (Nov 30, 1923 - Feb 22, 1999) Stooke, Sydney (Sep 18, 1881 - May 1972) Stooke, Mary (Feb 17, 1912 - Sep 19, 1992) Stooke, Sydney (Jan 7, 1907 - Oct 12, 2000) Stooke, Arthur (Apr 1, 1939 - Jul 1981) Stooke, Ellen (Jul 25, 1939 - Dec 1983) Stooke, Edith (Jan 8, 1886 - Feb 1981) Stooke, Mavis (Sep 4, 1897 - Feb 1982) Stooke, Marjorie (Oct 16, 1916 - Sep 17, 2005) Stooke, Georgia (Jan 25, 1890 - Oct 1981)
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