Sherman Jaqua

Male 1815 - 1889  (74 years)


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  • Name Sherman Jaqua 
    Birth 1815  Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death May 1889  Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1850 living in Nashua,NH (and his children George and Francis are in Canaan,CT with the James Bunce family).

      It was in 1867 that the then idle property of the Idaho Iron Company, founded in 1861 by Sherman Jaqua, was bought by the firm of Cooke Brothers (John, Watts, William, and James) and altered into a mill to make ordinary bar iron.

      Sherman Jaqua of Paterson NJ was 42 years old when he invented the locomotive wheel, patent # 37,206 for 'Rolling tires for Locomotive wheels' on Dec 16 1862 An adjustable frame and several sets of rollers were the basis of this invention. It seems that 'tires' are actually iron or steel wheels for trains.

      1880 living in Chatham,NY as a farmer with his wife, Mary.
    Person ID I39239  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2011 

    Father Jabez Jaqua,   b. 13 Oct 1789, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1858, Patterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary Gunn,   b. 1795   d. 22 Nov 1848, Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1814 
    Family ID F13950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Bunce,   b. 1816, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1897, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 17 Oct 1835 
    Children 
     1. Henry S. Jaqua,   b. 1835, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1915 (Age 80 years)
     2. George A. Jaqua,   b. 1837, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1869 (Age 32 years)
    +3. Frances C. Jaqua,   b. 1840, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911, Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F13946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1815 - Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - May 1889 - Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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