John D. WATSON

Born

abt. 1824 , England

Died

30 April 1875 , Decatur, Michigan, USA

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Father: John D. Watson
Mother: John Watson

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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.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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.

Death

Name: John D. Watson
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 30 Apr 1875
Death Place: Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan
Age: 51
Birth Date: 1824
Birth Place: England
Occupation: Farmer
Race: w
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: John D. Watson
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Mother's Name: John Watson
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53221-8
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film Number: 1019195
Reference ID: v B p 109

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHP2-N8J : 9 December 2014), John D. Watson, 30 Apr 1875; citing Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan, reference v B p 109; FHL microfilm 1,019,195.'

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