George F. FOLLAN

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abt. 1863 , Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Died

24 February 1886 , Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: John
Mother: Bridget

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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Name: George F. Follan
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Waltham
Death Date: 24 Feb 1886
Death Place: Waltham, Massachusetts
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1863
Birth Place: Waltham
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: John
Father's BirthPlace: Ireland
Mother's Name: Bridget
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06800-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 960232
Reference ID: v 374 p 220

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC99-DQB : 10 December 2014), George F. Follan, 24 Feb 1886; citing Waltham, Massachusetts, reference v 374 p 220; FHL microfilm 960,232.'

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