John Lowrey
 

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1816


Jun 23
Age: 25y
1816 • The Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire emancipates its peasants from serfdom.

1824


Apr
Age: 33y
1824 • The first sod is turned in Ontario, for the first of four Welland Canals (the canal opens for a trial run exactly 5 years later to the day).

1853


Age: 62y
John & Mary & George T. Lowry - Iowa State Census 1856

moved


Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓
John Lowrey Sr, Phebe Lowrey, and George W Lowrey and his family all moved from Ohio to Iowa.
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1853 New Zealand acquires self-government.

1856


Age: 65y
John Lowrey & Phebe Baldwin - Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925

residence


Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓
In 1856, they were next door neighbors to George W Lowrey and his wife Amanda. The Lowreys were also next door to an Edward Baldwin and his wife Fanny.
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1856 • 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

1860


Jun 23
Age: 69y
1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008).

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