Josiah HOLLIS

(b. abt. 1800 , d. 30 March 1874 , Braintree, Massachusetts, USA )

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Josiah HOLLIS died 30 March 1874 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Joseph
Mother: Hannah Orcutt

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

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

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.

1874 Death
30 March 1874
Braintree, Massachusetts, USA

Name: Josiah Hollis
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 30 Mar 1874
Death Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1800
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Father's Name: Joseph
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Mother's Name: Hannah Orcutt
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01081-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1986736
Reference ID: 52

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHT9-S38 : 10 December 2014), Josiah Hollis, 30 Mar 1874; citing Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, reference 52; FHL microfilm 1,986,736."

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