TIME LINE:

1856 end of crimean war


1879 T.A Edison invents electric light bulb


1935, Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.


Jacob Charles Silsbury



William's father and Great Great Grandfather to Gordon Steele


Jacob and Elizabeth Silsbury
Name
Jacob Silsbury
Spouse
Elizabeth Tait
D.O.B.
01-Nov-1856
Location
Oakfield, St Helens, IOW
Marriage Date
14-June-1879
Location
Isle of Wight
Death Date
1935 approx
Location
Ryde, IOW
Cause
?
Age at Death
77 approx
Vocation
Gardener
Father
William Silsbury
Mother
Harriet Fry




Notes: Jacob had a few jobs; in 1879 it is recorded on Jacob's marriage cert that he was a gardener. Later in the 1891 census, he is listed as a labourer, and in the 1901 census, he is recorded as being a Hammerman on the Railway.



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