Alexander WILKINS

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abt. 1827 , Greece

Died

27 February 1905 , Tucson, Arizona Territory

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Born: abt. 1827 in Greece

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Alexander WILKINS died 27 February 1905 in Tucson, Arizona Territory.

born in Tenis, Greece

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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.

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

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)

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

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

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

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Name: Alexander Wilkins
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 27 Feb 1905
Death Place: Tucson, Pima, Arizona
Age: 78
Birth Date: 1827
Birth Place: Tenis, Greece
Occupation: Barber
Race: w
Marital Status: Married
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Father's BirthPlace: U
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Mother's BirthPlace: U
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GS Film Number: 2114400
Reference ID: fn 873

'Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FLKS-25X : 12 December 2014), Alexander Wilkins, 27 Feb 1905; citing Tucson, Pima, Arizona, reference fn 873, Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,400.'

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