William Henry Workman

Male1857–4 December 1931

Brief Life History of William Henry

William Henry Workman was born in 1857. He married Patience Ebsary about 1894, in Bute, South Australia, Australia. He died on 4 December 1931, in Bute, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 74, and was buried in Bute, South Australia, Australia.

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William Henry Workman
1857–1931
Patience Ebsary
1853–1938
Marriage: about 1894

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  • Marriage
    about 1894Bute, South Australia, Australia
  • World Events (8)

    1867

    Age 10

    End of transportation to Western Australia.

    1870

    Age 13

    British troops withdraw from Australia.

    1877

    Age 20

    Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

    Name Meaning

    English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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