William
CAYAN
(b.
4 August 1842
,
Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory
d.
10 November 1890
,
Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
)
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William CAYAN was born 4 August 1842 in Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory
William CAYAN was the child of Stanislas Dennis C CAYA (CAYAN) and Eleonore MANDEVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine-Salois CAYA and Marie-Thérèse CARTIER (maternal) François MANDEVILLE and Charlotte LIBERGEWilliam was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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William CAYAN died 10 November 1890 in Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA.
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1842 Birth 4 August 1842
Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1890 Death 10 November 1890
Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 48.
William is buried at: Duck Creek Cemetery Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
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According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin means 'river running through a red place' (the red place referring to the red sandstone bluffs of the Wisconsin Dells); they also say the name 'is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name' for the Wisconsin river (which runs 430 miles through the center of Wisconsin). (statesymbolsusa.org)May 29, 1848 - Wisconsin becomes 25th U.S. state. The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849. (www.50states.com)
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