♂ Isaac Van Deusen

1829 - 1918

Isaac Van Deusen
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Parents
Cornelius Van Deusen
Cornelius Van Deusen
1786 - 1873
Maria McCagg
Maria McCagg
1791 - 1868
Spouse
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Children
Siblings
James Van Deusen
James Van Deusen
1812 - 1910
Elizabeth Van Deusen
Elizabeth Van Deusen
1814 - 1891
Margaret Van Deusen
Margaret Van Deusen
1817 - 1892
Matthew Van Deusen
Matthew Van Deusen
1821 - 1917
John Van Deusen
John Van Deusen
1825 - 1891
Frank Van Deusen
Frank Van Deusen
1832 - 1927

Born in the Old Home at Valatie, New York.  He settled in Troy, New York in 1853 where he remained until 1860 when he moved to  Philadelphia.  In 1901 he located to Vineland, on the S.W. corner of Main and Forest Grove Road, but a year or two later bought a property on Park Avenue, just east of the Paul Van Deusen place, eventually returning to Philadelphia in 1912.  He became a Freemason at age 21, becoming Past Master, Past High Priest and historian of his lodge.

1829


Nov 7
1829 • The patent for an instrument called the accordion is applied for by [http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/history/demian.html Cyrill Demian] (Officially approved on May 23.)

1850


Jul 3
Age: 20y
1850 US census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.

1855


Age: 25y
1855 Taiping Rebellion: A Taiping army of 350,000 invades Anhui.

1858


Age: 28y
1858 Lourdes apparitions: The Virgin Mary is said to have first appeared to St Bernadette of Lourdes at the Rock of Massabielle, the first in a series of apparitions.

1860


Jul 20
Age: 30y
1860 • China agrees in an unequal treaty imposed on it to allow missionaries to proselytize throughout the country.

1875


Mar 20
Age: 45y

1880


Age: 50y
1880 • The Capuchin catacombs of Palermo are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards).

1892


Mar 1
Age: 62y
Walter Hicks - Find a Grave

location


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Signed off on Death Certificate of brother-in-law Walter Hicks.
Living at 1621 Vine Street.
1 Source ⇓
1892 • The first ever French rugby championship final takes place in Paris. Pierre de Coubertin referees the match, which Racing Club de France wins 4–3 over Stade Français.

1910


Age: 80y
Isaac Van Deusen Sr. & Jr., Anna Lott Franklin, and Josephine Hicks - 1910 United States Federal Census

residence


Conway, Orange, Florida, USA ⇓
Isaac Van Deusen Jr. and his wife Anna (Franklin) Van Deusen are living with his parents, Isaac Van Deusen Sr. and Josephine (Hicks) Van Deusen. Isaac Van Deusen Sr. is a farmer.
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1910 Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.

1918


Aug 8
Age: 88y

residence


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 1918:
"VAN DEUSEN - Aug. 9, Dr. ISAAC VAN DEUSEN. Relatives and friends, also members of Potter Lodge, No. 441, F. and A. M.: Jerusalem Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M., invited to funeral, Mon, 2PM, from his late residence, 2106 W. Tioga st. Int. Laurel Hill Cem. Auto service."
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1918 • Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.

1918


Aug 9
Age: 88y
Isaac Van Deusen -  Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963

death


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
On his death certificate his parents are listed as Cornelius Van Deusen and Maria McCagg, his birth date November 7th 1829. It is said that he died of old age in the hot weather.
4 Sources ⇓
1918 Russia switches from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar; the date skips from February 1 to February 14.
after

1918


Aug 9

burial


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 18 Lot 153
1 Source ⇓
1918 • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and chooses to live in exile in the Netherlands.

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