Dennis
SHAY
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Born: abt. 1844 in Ireland
Dennis SHAY died 1 June 1879 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .
Mother: Catharine Shay
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Recorded occupation: Farmer
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Name: Dennis Shay
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: W Springfield
Death Date: 01 Jun 1879
Death Place: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1844
Birth Place: Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Michael Shay
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Mother's Name: Catharine Shay
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2028187
Reference ID: it8 v1 p41 n10
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9G-WTL : 10 December 2014), Dennis Shay, 01 Jun 1879; citing Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, reference it8 v1 p41 n10; FHL microfilm 2,028,187.'
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