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immigrant flag male ancestor  John  COSTON

Born
abt. 1801 Ireland
Died
2 June 1879 Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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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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: John Coston
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Jun 1879
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Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 78
Birth Date: 1801
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Occupation: Farmer
Race: w
Marital Status: Widowed
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03120-3
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
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Film Number: 1377693
Reference ID: p302

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHCG-3YM : 9 December 2014), John Coston, 02 Jun 1879; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, reference p302; FHL microfilm 1,377,693.'

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