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John Thomas Donovan 1886 - 1957

John Thomas Donovan of Broken Hill, NSW Australia was born in 1886 in Eganstown, Hepburn Shire County, VIC to Thomas Donovan and Catherine (Kay) Steward. He had siblings James Emanuel Donovan and Annetta Florence (Donovan) Arklay. He married Mary Ellen (Culpin) Donovan in 1906, and had children Thomas John Donavan, Catherine Rossie Donovan, and George Basil Donovan. John Donovan died at age 70 years old on August 5, 1957 in Broken Hill, NSW.

John Thomas Donovan

Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia

1886

Eganstown, Hepburn Shire County, VIC, 3461, Australia

August 5, 1957

Broken Hill, NSW, 2880, Australia

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1886

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1886

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Eganstown, Hepburn Shire County, VIC 3461, Australia

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Powlett River, Australia Victoria, Australia
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1957

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August 5, 1957

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Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia
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John Thomas Donovan lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.

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In 1886, in the year that John Thomas Donovan was born, on June 13th, the "Great Vancouver Fire" destroyed most of Vancouver, British Columbia. A small brush fire got out of control and spread to the rest of the city. Dozens of people died and it was only after the fire that money was raised for a fire hall. The local Squamish tribe rescued people who had jumped into bodies of water to escape the conflagration.

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In 1904, by the time he was 18 years old, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.

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