Jean Baptiste (John B) JACQUES (YORK)

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abt. 1863 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

abt. 1910 ,

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Born: abt. 1863 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Unknown

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Jean Baptiste (John B) JACQUES (YORK) died abt. 1910

NOTE: close "friend" of Jessie Cobb - Jacques (a.k.a. York) spent the Saturday night before the murder with Jessie at the home of Mrs. Amanda Damon

date of birth not proven

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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)

Name Change - Lewiston, Maine
Between September and December of 1900, Jean B Jacques legally changes his name to John B York.

6 October 1900
Request for Change of Name

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

13 November 1900
Name Change Granted

1902-03 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
No mention of John York in Lewiston

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)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
name: John B York
birthplace: Canada
relationship to head of household: boarder
residence: Haverhill Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year: 1875, naturalized
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
occupation: salesman for sewing machine company
family number: 63
page number: 4
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Ida J Gale F 56y New York
Al A Terrill M 22y Vermont
Wimioa Terrill F 22y New Hampshire
Adelaid J Dufault M 22y Massachusetts
Alvenah Smith F 40y Maine
Henry C Richardson M 69y New Hampshire
Charles Richardson M y
Emma M Gabrelle F 40y
Charles C Gabrelle M 40y Vermont
John B York M 47y Canada, born about 1863
Beauford y
Ethel Blake F 32y New Hampshire

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