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 male ancestor  George  POWELL

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abt. 1815
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27 November 1869 Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

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Recorded occupation: Blacksmith

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Name: George Powell
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 27 Nov 1869
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Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Age: 54
Birth Date: 1815
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51821-7
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
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Film Number: 1009292
Reference ID: v 1 p 28

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHDZ-YPX : 9 December 2014), George Powell, 27 Nov 1869; citing Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, reference v 1 p 28; FHL microfilm 1,009,292.'
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