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Facts and Events
Ephraim arrived in New York 17 July, 1858 from Liverpool, England aboard the "Harvest Queen" as a 2 yr old with his mother and siblings: Edward, Alice, and Mary E.
1860 U.S. Census: The Drinkwater family lives in Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey. Ephraim is 5 yo.
Ephraim is placed in the "Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans Schools". He is transferred from Chester Springs to White Hall 01 Sept 1868.
In the 1870 census Ephraim and his sister Mary E. are housed in the White Hall Soldiers' Orphan school in East Pennsboro (Camp Hill), Cumberland, PA. Ephraim is nearly 16 yo.
On 18 Jul 1871, Ephraim is discharged from White Hall and goes to Harrisburg as a schoolteacher.
An Ephraim Drinkwater married Flora Davidson 11 Nov 1886 in Cook County, Illinois.
Footnote.com - Denver Colorado City Directory 190 1& 1902 an Ephraim Drinkwater is a stenographer chief engineer at D & R G RR with rooms at 326 E. 18th Ave. In the same directories for the years 1903 & 1905 he is listed as a special agent for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. living in the same rooms.
1910 US Census - Ephraim Drinkwater is a lodger in Chicago Ward 20, Cook County, Illinois. He is widowed 54 yo.
References
- ↑ Paul, James Laughery. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools: giving a brief account of the origin of the late Civil War, the rise and progress of the orphan system, and legislative enactments relating thereto ; with brief sketches and engravings of the several institutions with names of pupils subjoined. (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876)
362.
Ephraim is placed in the "Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans Schools". He is transferred from Chester Springs to White Hall 01 Sept 1868.
In the 1870 census Ephraim and his sister Mary E. are housed in the White Hall Soldiers' Orphan school in East Pennsboro (Camp Hill), Cumberland, PA. Ephraim is nearly 16 yo.
On 18 Jul 1871, Ephraim is discharged from White Hall and goes to Harrisburg as a schoolteacher.
- ↑ England. FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1983. (Free UK Genealogy)
1855.
Record for Ephraim Drinkwater
- Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
East Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1332; Page: 35B; Ivage 75; Family History Library Film;552831.
Mary E., Louisa (Lewice), and Ephram Drinkwater are students at White Hall Soldiers Orphan School.
- Cook, Illinois, United States. 1910 U. S. Census Population Schedule
Chicago Ward 20, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_262; Page 6A; Enumeration District: 0855; Image: 718; FHL Number: 1374275.
Household of Frank and Alice Johnson plus Eshrsin (Ephraim) Drinkwater and two boarders.
- ↑ Morris, New Jersey, United States. 1860 United States Federal Census
Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey; Roll: ; Page: 751; Image: 286.
Record for Humphrey, Mary A., Edward, Alice, Ephraham, and Mary E. Drinkwater living in Pequannock, Morris, New Jersey.
- Year: 1858; Arrival: New York, United States;
Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: M237_185; Line:26; List Number:643.
Mary A. Drinkwater and her children: Edward, Alice, Ephraim, and Mary E. arrive in the US aboard the Harvest Queen on 17 July 1858.
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