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flag male ancestor  Peter  BAAKS

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abt. 1838 Michigan, USA
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20 April 1875 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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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: Peter Baaks
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Death Date: 20 Apr 1875
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Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Age: 37
Birth Date: 1838
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Occupation: Laborer
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Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51859-7
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
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Film Number: 984130
Reference ID: v 1 p 129

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHVF-X7H : 9 December 2014), Peter Baaks, 20 Apr 1875; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference v 1 p 129; FHL microfilm 984,130.'
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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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