Peter SWEARS

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abt. 1806 , Canada

Died

27 November 1887 , Oceana, Michigan, USA

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Peter SWEARS Nancy SWEARS

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Born: abt. 1806 in Canada

Father: Peter SWEARS

Mother: Nancy SWEARS

Paternal grandparents: Daniel SWEARS (ZWIER) , Abigail WILLARD

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Peter married Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY) was born abt. 1824 in Upper Canada. Elizabeth Jane died 21 October 1888 in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, USA.

Peter SWEARS died 27 November 1887 in Oceana, Michigan, USA.
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Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY)
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Charity SWEARS

Born: abt. 1843, , Canada West
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Married: John LEFTLER

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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.

1870 - Hart, Oceana, Michigan

Name: Peter Swears
Age in 1870: 64
Birth Year: abt 1806
BirthPlace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 38
Home in 1870: Hart, Oceana, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 590
Real Estate Value: 1200
Inferred Spouse: Eliza Swears
Inferred Children: Peter Swears
Eliza Swears
Everlene Swears
Elias Swears
Allen Swears
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Swears 64
Eliza Swears 46
Peter Swears 24
Eliza Swears 15
Everlene Swears 13
Elias Swears 11
Allen Swears 7

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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)