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Born: abt. 1818 in Monson, Massachusetts, USA
Austin KEEP died 15 December 1858 in Dana, Massachusetts, USA*.
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Recorded occupation: Blacksmith
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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From 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.
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Name: Austin Keep
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Dana
Death Date: 15 Dec 1858
Death Place: Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts
Age: 40
Birth Date: 1818
Birth Place: Monson
Occupation: Blacksmith
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50123-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186145
Reference ID: 1858 p78 #18
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1C-Y6P : 10 December 2014), Austin Keep, 15 Dec 1858; citing Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference 1858 p78 #18; FHL microfilm 186,145.'
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