TIME LINE:

1879 Rorkes Drift
Approx 150 British soldiers successfully defended a supply station from some 4000 Zulu warriors.


1911, The USS Arkansas, the largest U.S. battleship, was launched from the yards of NY Shipbuilding Company.


1949 USSR tests atomic bomb


William George Silsbury

aka George Silsbury


Great Grandfather to Gordon Steele


William silsbury and his new wife Rosanna Banks
Name
William George Silsbury
Spouse
Rosanna Banks
D.O.B.
21-Oct-1879
Location
Oakfield, St.Helens, IOW
Marriage Date
29-July-1911
Location
Portland, Dorset
Death Date
1949 approx
Location
Portland, Dorset
Cause
Heart Disease
Age at Death
70 approx
Vocation
Petty Officer / Royal Navy
Father
Jacob Silsbury
Mother
Elizabeth Tate


Three ships that William sailed on

HMS Terrible
HMS Good Hope
HMS Superb

Spooky Tale: William's wife who was nick-named Dolly, died several years before him. As he was laying in his bed one evening, his daughters heard him talking to his late wife, "Dolly, what are you doing here?", they heard him say. William died, that night. Had Dolly, (Rosanna), come back to get her husband?


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