John Abram BARCLAY

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3 February 1859 , Lyons, New York, USA

Died

2 April 1926 , Orlando, Florida, USA

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Birth — 1859
3 February 1859
Lyons, New York, USA

1860 Lyons, Wayne, New York

Name: John A Barclay
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Minor Civil Division: Lyons
Age (Expanded): 1 year
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PAge: 299
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Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803877
Digital Folder Number: 4237104
Image Number: 00437

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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)

1880 Lyons, Wayne, New York

Name: John Barclay
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Laborer
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
BirthPlace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1859
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Spouse's BirthPlace:
Father's Name: Foster Barclay
Father's BirthPlace: New York, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's BirthPlace: New York, United States
PAge: 193
Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 2836
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0944
GS Film Number: 1254944
Digital Folder Number: 004243579
Image Number: 00089
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Foster Barclay M 43 New York, United States
Son John Barclay M 21 New York, United States
Daughter Ellen Barclay F 19 New York, United States
Daughter Hetty Barclay F 15 New York, United States
Son William Barclay M 8 New York, United States
Daughter Linda Barclay F 5 New

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

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

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

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)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Sioux, Woodbury, Iowa

Name: John A Barkley
Event Place: Sioux Ward 1, Woodbury, Iowa
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Immigration Year:
BirthPlace: New York
Father's BirthPlace: New York
Mother's BirthPlace: New York
Household ID: 206
PAge: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF John A Barkley M 51y New York
WIFE Esther O Barkley F 50y Illinois
SON Allen H Barkley M 19y Iowa
DAU Mabel E Barkley F 17y Iowa

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death

Name: John A Barclay
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Event Date: 02 Apr 1926
Event Place: Orlando, Orange, Florida
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Age (Original): 67y 1m 29d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 03 Feb 1859
BirthPlace: Lyons, New York
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Esther O Barclay
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Father's Name: Forster Barclay
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Father's BirthPlace: Lyons, New York
Mother's Name: Margaret Mc Jebbens
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Mother's BirthPlace: Mannon, Illinois
Occupation: Real Estate Business
Address: 412 S DeLancy
Residence Place: Orlando, Florida
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Burial Place: Sioux City, Iowa
Burial Date: 07 Apr 1926
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Additional Relatives: X
GS Film Number: 2116644
Reference ID: 7109

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch

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