Robert CLARK

Born

31 March 1820 , Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

20 June 1873 , Stow, Massachusetts, USA

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Robert CLARK

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Catharine BOHAKER

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William CLARK Mary JAMES?

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Andreas BOHAKER Mary Ann SAUERS

m. Mary Butler Tenney

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Birth — 1820
31 March 1820
Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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Name: Robert Clark
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 20 Jun 1873
Death Place: Stow, Ma.
Age: 52
Birth Date: 1821
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Father's Name: Robert Clark
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Mother's Name: Catherine
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04387-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 815614
Reference ID: PAGE 137

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCMF-D2V : 10 December 2014), Robert Clark, 20 Jun 1873; citing Stow, Ma., reference PAGE 137; FHL microfilm 815,614.'

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