Person:Humphrey Drinkwater (1)

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Humphrey Drinkwater
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Name[1][2] Humphrey Drinkwater
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1827 England, United Kingdom
Alt Birth[4] 1828 England, United Kingdom
Marriage 27 Oct 1850 Stainland, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandto Mary A. Taylor
Immigration[4] 8 Jun 1857 New York
Residence[2] 1860 Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Emigration[4] Liverpool, England
Military[1][3] Pennsylvania
Death[3][5] 9 Mar 1865 Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
Burial[5] 1865 Poplar Grove National Cemetery,Petersburg,Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
Other[4] Englandcustom
Other[4] United States of AmericaDESTINATION

Exact birth date is unknown; he was christened 10 June 1827.

Humphrey is believed to have arrived in New York on 8 June, 1857 on the "Robert C. Lane" out of Liverpool, England. He may have been from Yorkshire, England, UK.

He was the father of 6 children.

He is married to Mary A. Taylor b. abt.1825. In the 1860 census they live in Pequannock, Morris County, NJ

Enlisted as a Private on 19 August 1864. Drafted into Company K, 107th Infantry Regiment PA. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: aka CWSS. (National Park Service)
    Database online.

    Record for Humphrey Drinkwater _FOOT: National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT,USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Database online.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Humphrey Drinkwater, in Morris, New Jersey, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    1860.

    Record for Humphrey, Mary A., Edward, Alice, Ephraham, and Mary E. Drinkwater living in Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey. . _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey; Roll: ; Page: 751; Image: 286.

  3. 3.0 3.1 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers
    E 27. B 32 L993 v.6 Original Copyright 1870; B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg. Copyright 1993; Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Page #899 Mustered for 3 year term. Bu (burial) record March 2, '65,buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA. Div. C, Section H, Grave #29. UA Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Humphrey Drinkwater, in New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957
    1857.

    Year: 1857; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: 175; Line: 1; List Number: 639.
    Arrival Date: 8 Jun 1857
    Birth Date: abt 1828
    Age: 29
    Gender: Male
    Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
    Place of Origin: England
    Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
    Destination: United States of America
    Port of Arrival: New York, New York
    Ship Name: Robert C Lane

  5. 5.0 5.1 75904429, in Find A Grave
    1865.

    Humphrey Drinkwater
    Co. K, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry
    Original Burial Place: Cummings' Farm
    Poplar Grove National Cemetery
    Petersburg
    Dinwiddie County
    Virginia, USA
    Plot: Grave 3135