Jacob
BECKSTEAD
Margaret Sophia HENNIS
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Birth — 1776
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)1814 Birth of Child 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England) 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)
Death — 1861View charts and other tools for this ancestor and family.
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