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John JANES

Born

13 January 1821 , Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

Died

19 December 1892 , Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

John married Maria BISHOP 23 February 1841 in Melksham, Wiltshire, England . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maria BISHOP was born 7 April 1822 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Maria died 18 April 1908 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.

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Maria BISHOP
Marriage date: 23 February 1841
Marriage place: Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Children of John JANES and Maria BISHOP

Lillian Bishop JANES

Born: 4 October 1859, Victoria, Knox Illinois, USA
Died: 19 January 1912, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Charles Warner MATHEWSON 11 August 1878 Place: Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1821
13 January 1821
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

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)

1841 Marriage / Partner
John JANES and Maria BISHOP 23 February 1841, Melksham, Wiltshire, England

He was 20 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Lillian Bishop JANES was born 4 October 1859, Victoria, Knox Illinois, USA

John was 38 years old.

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.

1878 Marriage of Child
Lillian Bishop JANES married 11 August 1878, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA to Charles Warner MATHEWSON

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

Death — 1892
19 December 1892
Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 71.

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