John James Lane (1844 - 1896)

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John James Lane
1844 - 1896
updated February 06, 2019
John James Lane, father to 8 children, was born in 1844 in Llandinabo, England United Kingdom. He was born to John Lane and Ann?, with siblings Ellenor, Jane, Augusta, Marion, and Thomas. John's partner was Lexy Carnegie Dunbar, and they gave birth to James Lane, Anne (Annie) Lane, Marion Lane, Arthur Sheppard Lane, William Lane, Eleanor Lane, Edward Lane, and Charles Lane. He died in 1896 at Fairfax Milton Cemetry, Dunedin, Otago New Zealand at 52 years of age. We know that John James Lane had been residing in Chaucer St, in Milton, Otago New Zealand 9220.

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John James Lane

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John Lane was born in in Llandinabo, Herefordshire County, England United Kingdom HR2

Death

John Lane died in at Fairfax Milton Cemetry, in Dunedin, Dunedin City County, Otago New Zealand

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Cancer

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at fairfax cemetry milton, in Otago, Missouri

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Chaucer St, in Milton, Otago New Zealand 9220

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1844 - 1896 World Events

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In 1844, in the year that John James Lane was born, in June and July, the "Great Flood of 1844" occurred on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers - the largest flood recorded in that area. The population in the area was sparse at the time, though, so the flood didn't have a lot of economic impact. The biggest loss was to the Wyandot Indians - 100 people died from diseases caused by the flood.

In 1861, by the time he was 17 years old, on January 9th, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union. Within the same month, 5 more states seceded - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana - and Jefferson Davis, age 52, resigned as a U.S. Senator.

In 1878, John was 34 years old when on June 15th, photographer Eadweard Muybridge - at the request of Leland Stanford - produced the first sequence of stop-motion still photographs. Stanford contended that a galloping horse had all four feet off the ground. Only photos of a horse at a gallop would settle the question and, using 12 cameras and a series of photos, Muybridge settled the question: Stanford was right. Muybridge's use of several cameras and stills led to motion pictures.

In 1880, when he was 36 years old, on August 14th Cologne Cathedral, in Germany, was finally completed. Construction began in 1248, was halted in 1473, and then begun again in the 1800's - completed after 632 years.

In 1896, in the year of John James Lane's passing, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.

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