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flag male ancestor  Peter  BOWEN

Born
abt. 1789 Peru, Massachusetts, USA
Died
29 September 1871 Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: Christopher Bowen
Mother: E. Chaffee
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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.

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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: Peter Bowen
Gender: Male
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Burial
Place: York, Ohio
Death Date: 29 Sep 1871
Death
Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 82
Birth Date: 1789
Birth
Place: Peru
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Widowed
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Name: Christopher Bowen
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Name: E. Chaffee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS
Film Number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 64

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1Z-BD9 : 10 December 2014), Peter Bowen, 29 Sep 1871; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v 5 p 64; FHL microfilm 186,127.'
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Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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