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Richard George Purser 1898 - 1955

Richard George Purser of Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia was born on August 2, 1898 in Burnley, City of Yarra County to Susannah Hamill Roberts and Richard George Purser. He had siblings Edward Thomas Purser, Eva May Purser, and Annie Edith Purser. Richard Purser married Vera Edith Whittenbury in 1924, and died at age 57 years old on October 2, 1955 in Canterbury, City of Boroondara County.

Richard George Purser

Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC 3126, Australia

August 2, 1898

Burnley, City of Yarra County, VIC, 3121, Australia

October 2, 1955

Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC, 3126, Australia

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August 2, 1898

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Burnley, City of Yarra County, VIC 3121, Australia

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October 2, 1955

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Canterbury, City of Boroondara County, VIC 3126, Australia
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Richard George Purser lived 14 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.

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In 1898, in the year that Richard George Purser was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.

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In 1906, by the time he was just 8 years old, the great San Francisco earthquake hit, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused fires that raged for days and between the earthquake and the fire, about 3,000 people were killed and 80% of the City was destroyed.

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