♂ 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.

1830


Mar 9
Age: 4m
1830 • Craig vs. Missouri: The United States Supreme Court rules that state loan certificates are unconstitutional because they were bills of credit emitted by a state in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution.

1850


Jul 3
Age: 20y

1855


Age: 25y
1855 • The Panama Railway becomes the first railroad to connect the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

1858


Age: 28y
1858 • The Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad opens, operating 95 miles from Goldsboro, North Carolina to New Bern, North Carolina.[http://www.historync.org/railroads.htm CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroads — prior to the Civil War"], North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 Feb 2010

1875


Mar 20
Age: 45y

1880


Age: 50y

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 Stanley Cup is donated by Sir Frederick Stanley.

1905


Age: 75y
1905 Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".

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 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

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 • The Siberian Expedition is launched to extract the Czechoslovak Legion from the Russian Civil War.

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 • 20,000 London policemen strike for increased pay and union recognition.
after

1918


Aug 9

burial


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 18 Lot 153
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1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors at Nogales, Arizona, in the only battle of WWI fought on United States soil.

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