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John Barrass 1834 - 1924

John Absolam Barrass of Williamstown, City of Hobsons Bay County, VIC Australia was born in 1834 in Northumberland County, England United Kingdom to William Henry Barrass and Margaret Absalom Barrass. He had siblings William Barrass and Robert Barrass. John Barrass died at age 90 years old in 1924 in Melbourne, VIC Australia.
John Absolam Barrass
Williamstown, City of Hobsons Bay County, VIC 3016, Australia
1834
Northumberland County, England, United Kingdom
1924
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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John Absolam Barrass' History: 1834 - 1924

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  • 1834

    Birthday

    1834
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    Northumberland County, England United Kingdom
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  • 1924

    Death

    1924
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Melbourne, VIC Australia
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    John Barrass lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1834, in the year that John Barrass was born, on August 14th, the Poor Law Amendment Act was enacted in the United Kingdom. The Act stated that no able-bodied British man could receive assistance unless he entered a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse). The Act was intended to curb the cost of relief for the poor since workhouses were designed to be unpleasant. Many workhouses used the men as free labor and employed them in such tasks as breaking stones, crushing bones to produce fertilizer, or picking oakum - tarred fiber used between planks on ships -using a large metal nail known as a spike.
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In 1878, he was 44 years old when in Africa, the death of the last confirmed Cape lion occurred. The Cape lion was slightly larger than other lions and had black ears, a black mane, and black hair on its belly.
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