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Martha Gasquet Westfeldt MP (1884 - 1960)

Martha Gasquet Westfeldt was an artist, philanthropist, political activist, and civic leader in New Orleans, Louisiana in the first half of the 20th C. Amongst her accomplishments: becoming a lea...

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4/16/2008
7/27/2023
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4/16/2008

Martha Gasquet Westfeldt MP (1884 - 1960)

Martha Gasquet Westfeldt was an artist, philanthropist, political activist, and civic leader in New Orleans, Louisiana in the first half of the 20th C. Amongst her accomplishments: becoming a lea...

7/27/2023

Obituary: DEATH OF HENRY V. CHASE -- Former Country Clerk at Olathe in business Here for Years -- Henry V. Chase, 78 years old, 2941 Askew Avenue, died today at the Trinity Lutheran Hospital. He was se...

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6/23/2018
8/7/2022
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6/23/2018

Obituary: DEATH OF HENRY V. CHASE -- Former Country Clerk at Olathe in business Here for Years -- Henry V. Chase, 78 years old, 2941 Askew Avenue, died today at the Trinity Lutheran Hospital. He was se...

8/7/2022

João Rath de Oliveira (1924 - 2016)

João Rath de Oliveira nasceu em 16 de junho de 1924. Era filho de Gentil Lorena de Oliveira e Fausta Rath. Foi o primeiro livreiro de Lages - proprietário do estabelecimento "A Sua Livraria". Por mais ...

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4/3/2020
9/21/2021
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4/3/2020

João Rath de Oliveira (1924 - 2016)

João Rath de Oliveira nasceu em 16 de junho de 1924. Era filho de Gentil Lorena de Oliveira e Fausta Rath. Foi o primeiro livreiro de Lages - proprietário do estabelecimento "A Sua Livraria". Por mais ...

9/21/2021

Joseph Butterworth (bef.1771 - 1829)

English law bookseller and politician.Son of the Rev. John Butterworth, a Baptist minister in Coventry, where he was born. At an early age he went to London, where he learned the law book trade, and fo...

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9/24/2020
9/10/2021
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9/24/2020

Joseph Butterworth (bef.1771 - 1829)

English law bookseller and politician.Son of the Rev. John Butterworth, a Baptist minister in Coventry, where he was born. At an early age he went to London, where he learned the law book trade, and fo...

9/10/2021

Lawrence Ferlinghetti MP (1919 - 2021)

"Lawrence Ferling Monsanto"

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers .[2] He was the author of ...

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2/23/2021
2/23/2021
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2/23/2021

Lawrence Ferlinghetti MP (1919 - 2021)

"Lawrence Ferling Monsanto"

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers .[2] He was the author of ...

2/23/2021

Louise Erdrich , (born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954)is an American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled mem...

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10/22/2020
10/22/2020
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10/22/2020

Louise Erdrich , (born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954)is an American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled mem...

10/22/2020

Hezekiah Usher MP (c.1615 - 1676)

Hezekiah Usher (1615 – May 14, 1676) of Boston was the first known bookseller in British America. The first books printed in the thirteen colonies were published and sold by Usher.Family - From first w...

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12/23/2009
5/14/2019
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12/23/2009

Hezekiah Usher MP (c.1615 - 1676)

Hezekiah Usher (1615 – May 14, 1676) of Boston was the first known bookseller in British America. The first books printed in the thirteen colonies were published and sold by Usher.Family - From first w...

5/14/2019

Capt Edmund Ranger (1636 - 1705)

"Rainger"

Capt. Edmund Ranger [The Emmigrant] * Born: JAN 1635/36 - Dover, Kent, England* Marr: 1671 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts * Died: NOV 1705 - Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts*Father: Edward Ranger*Mot...

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12/27/2010
5/6/2019
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12/27/2010

Capt Edmund Ranger (1636 - 1705)

"Rainger"

Capt. Edmund Ranger [The Emmigrant] * Born: JAN 1635/36 - Dover, Kent, England* Marr: 1671 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts * Died: NOV 1705 - Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts*Father: Edward Ranger*Mot...

5/6/2019

Henry Holland (1583 - 1650)

Became a London bookseller, and wrote Bazilicologia; a Booke of Kings, beeing the true and liuely Effigies of all our English Kings from the Conquest, and Hercoologia Anglica. “Henry Holland alone of P...

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3/15/2010
4/26/2018
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3/15/2010

Henry Holland (1583 - 1650)

Became a London bookseller, and wrote Bazilicologia; a Booke of Kings, beeing the true and liuely Effigies of all our English Kings from the Conquest, and Hercoologia Anglica. “Henry Holland alone of P...

4/26/2018

Edward Jordan MP (c.1584 - 1637)

From JORDAN.Son of Thomas JORDAN & Elizabeth CLARKE.Born circa 1585.Baptism 13 Nov. 1585 in Aschurch Parish, Gloucestshire, England, died 22 June 1637 in Worcester, Worcester, Eng.* Occupation:BookSell...

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5/31/2008
8/5/2017
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5/31/2008

Edward Jordan MP (c.1584 - 1637)

From JORDAN.Son of Thomas JORDAN & Elizabeth CLARKE.Born circa 1585.Baptism 13 Nov. 1585 in Aschurch Parish, Gloucestshire, England, died 22 June 1637 in Worcester, Worcester, Eng.* Occupation:BookSell...

8/5/2017

Christopher Robin Milne MP (1920 - 1996)

Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 – 20 April 1996) was the son of author A. A. Milne. As a child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and i...

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2/27/2015
6/24/2017
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2/27/2015

Christopher Robin Milne MP (1920 - 1996)

Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 – 20 April 1996) was the son of author A. A. Milne. As a child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and i...

6/24/2017

Seth August Ögrim (1894 - 1982)

Salvationarmyofficer in England 1912-1917. Went to Sweden and started a bookstore in Lycksele. He educated to be an accountant. After some years he become a reverend in Svenska Missionsförbundet . He a...

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4/21/2011
12/26/2016
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4/21/2011

Seth August Ögrim (1894 - 1982)

Salvationarmyofficer in England 1912-1917. Went to Sweden and started a bookstore in Lycksele. He educated to be an accountant. After some years he become a reverend in Svenska Missionsförbundet . He a...

12/26/2016

George Powell (1826 - d.)

Mary Ann married George Powell on 25 Sep 1849 in Bristol, England. He was born in 1826 in Bristol, England. In the 1851 census he was living at 2 Narrow Wine St., St. Peter, Bristol, England. In the 18...

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3/7/2012
1/19/2016
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3/7/2012

George Powell (1826 - d.)

Mary Ann married George Powell on 25 Sep 1849 in Bristol, England. He was born in 1826 in Bristol, England. In the 1851 census he was living at 2 Narrow Wine St., St. Peter, Bristol, England. In the 18...

1/19/2016

Josephus Suasso De Lima (1791 - 1858)

Josephus Suasso DE LIMA was born on 27 June 1791 in Amsterdam into a Portuguese-Jewish family. He converted to Christianity and became a member of the Hervormde Kerk. He arrived at the Cape in 1818. He...

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11/28/2015
12/15/2015
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11/28/2015

Josephus Suasso De Lima (1791 - 1858)

Josephus Suasso DE LIMA was born on 27 June 1791 in Amsterdam into a Portuguese-Jewish family. He converted to Christianity and became a member of the Hervormde Kerk. He arrived at the Cape in 1818. He...

12/15/2015

Manuel Gleizer MP (1889 - 1966)

Manuel Gleizer (5 de junio de 1889–3 de marzo de 1966) el primer editor profesional de la Argentina. Su editorial dio a conocer a muchos de los más famosos autores argentinos, incluyendo a Jorge Luis B...

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10/11/2007
9/30/2015
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10/11/2007

Manuel Gleizer MP (1889 - 1966)

Manuel Gleizer (5 de junio de 1889–3 de marzo de 1966) el primer editor profesional de la Argentina. Su editorial dio a conocer a muchos de los más famosos autores argentinos, incluyendo a Jorge Luis B...

9/30/2015

Nicholas de Bonneville (1760 - 1828)

de Bonneville , born 13 March 1760 at Évreux in Upper Normandy, died on 9 November 1828 in Paris; he was a French bookseller, printer, journalist, and writer. He was also a political figure of some rel...

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8/5/2014
7/30/2015
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8/5/2014

Nicholas de Bonneville (1760 - 1828)

de Bonneville , born 13 March 1760 at Évreux in Upper Normandy, died on 9 November 1828 in Paris; he was a French bookseller, printer, journalist, and writer. He was also a political figure of some rel...

7/30/2015

Edmund Durrant (b. - 1900)

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5/9/2010
7/30/2015
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7/30/2015

Andrew Johnson (1663 - 1729)

>Of Michael Johnson’s brother, Andrew, Johnson’s uncle, we know still less. From the various Johnson books we only cull the story mentioned in Mrs. Piozzi’s Anecdotes. She relates that Johnson, after t...

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3/1/2013
7/30/2015
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Andrew Johnson (1663 - 1729)

>Of Michael Johnson’s brother, Andrew, Johnson’s uncle, we know still less. From the various Johnson books we only cull the story mentioned in Mrs. Piozzi’s Anecdotes. She relates that Johnson, after t...

7/30/2015

Dame Dorcas Martin (c.1537 - bef.1599)

"Dorcas Egleston"

Dorcas (Eccleston) Martin was a translator and bookseller, and both Martins were active in radical religious causes including the Admonition Controversy, part of an effort to encourage the queen to fur...

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8/31/2008
7/30/2015
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8/31/2008

Dame Dorcas Martin (c.1537 - bef.1599)

"Dorcas Egleston"

Dorcas (Eccleston) Martin was a translator and bookseller, and both Martins were active in radical religious causes including the Admonition Controversy, part of an effort to encourage the queen to fur...

7/30/2015

Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Jan 4 2023, 21:16:16 UTC

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7/19/2014
7/30/2015
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Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Jan 4 2023, 21:16:16 UTC

7/30/2015