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Lucretia Leake 1827 - 1918

Lucretia Leake was born on October 14, 1827 in Albany, Albany County, New York United States to John W. Leake and Julia Johnson, and had siblings Frederic Leake, John Shipman Leake, Simeon Johnson Leake, Horace W. Leake, and Catherine Yates Leake. Lucretia Leake died at age 90 years old on May 15, 1918 in Gilbertsville, Otsego County.
Lucretia Leake
October 14, 1827
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States
May 15, 1918
Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, United States
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    Lucretia was named after her maternal grandmother. She wed in Albany, N.Y. about 1852 to James E. Marble, b. Jan.11,1827 in N.Y. & d. 1861 in Albany, N.Y. They had 2 children.
  • 10/14
    1827

    Birthday

    October 14, 1827
    Birthdate
    Albany, Albany County, New York United States
    Birthplace
  • 05/15
    1918

    Death

    May 15, 1918
    Death date
    old age
    Cause of death
    Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York United States
    Death location
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    Lucretia Leake lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1827, in the year that Lucretia Leake was born, Englishman John Walker invented the first friction match, which he named Lucifer. The match consisted of a wooden stick coated with sulphur and tipped with a mixture of sulphide of antimony, chlorate of potash, and gum. A box of 50 matches was one shilling and came with folded sandpaper to use to strike a match.
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In 1839, Lucretia was merely 12 years old when on January 2nd, the first photo of the Moon was taken by Louis Daguerre, known as the "father of photography". The following June, he applied for and got a patent for his camera - to which France acquired the rights in exchange for a lifetime pension for Louis and his co-inventor's nephew. The camera was available to the public by September. It cost 400 francs (about $50 US then, almost $1270 today) and weighed 120 pounds.
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