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c.1838 Born in London, son of Henry Wimshurst and brother of James Wimshurst, inventor
1861 Assistant Engineer 3 Class on HMS Bacchante in Vancouver Harbour[1]
1870 An engineer in H M Service when he married Matilda Ballard in Islington[2]
1871 Everden Wimhurst 33, retired naval engineer, lived in Penge with Mathilda Wimshurst 28, Edward H Wimshurst 7 and his step daughter Florence M Ballard 5[3]
1888 Died in Stepney[4]
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