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flag male ancestor  Reuben  WIGHT

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26 December 1877 Dearborn, Michigan, USA

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Father: Lemuel Wight
Mother: Elizabeth Wight
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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: Reuben Wight
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 26 Dec 1877
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Place: Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 64
Birth Date: 1813
Birth
Place: Dearborn, Michigan
Occupation: Farmer
Race: white
Marital Status: Married
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Name: Lemuel Wight
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53293-1
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
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Film Number: 1377685
Reference ID: Dearborn 1876

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH5P-P5L : 9 December 2014), Reuben Wight, 26 Dec 1877; citing Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, reference Dearborn 1876; FHL microfilm 1,377,685.'
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Did You Know?The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state

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