♂ 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

1850


Jul 3
Age: 20y

1855


Age: 25y
1855 • The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand (Magnitude 8.1 on the Richter Scale); there are five deaths.

1858


Age: 28y
1858 The Advertiser, the daily news paper still in circulation, begins publication in Adelaide, Australia.

1860


Jul 20
Age: 30y
1860 • The world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled and armoured battleship, the (British) HMS Warrior, is launched.

1861


Mar 4
Age: 31y
1861 • American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).

1875


Mar 20
Age: 45y
1875 6 – German emigrant ship SS Deutschland runs aground in the English Channel resulting in the death of 157 passengers and crew.This inspires Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem The Wreck of the Deutschland, not published until 1918.

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 • United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (UIBPIP or BIRPI).

1905


Age: 75y
1905 Theriso revolt breaks out on Crete when about 1,500 men led by Eleftherios Venizelos meet at the village of Theriso to challenge the island's authoritarian government and press for its unification with Greece.

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 January 20 – The first aviation meeting to be held in the United States, the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, is held near Los Angeles, California.

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 Third Transjordan attack in the Jordan Valley begins.

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.
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1918 • Landgrave Friedrich Karl of Hessen-Kassel is elected King of Finland.
after

1918


Aug 9

burial


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 18 Lot 153
1 Source ⇓
1918 March Days: Bolshevik and Armenian Revolutionary Federation forces suppress a Muslim revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in up to 30,000 deaths.

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