James Albert Bonsack, the inventor
James Albert Bonsack from the State of Virginia (U.S.A.) developed, on the basis of a competition from the firm ALLEN&GINTER in Richmond (for an reward of 75 000$), the first handy cigarette machine. This machine was constructed by James Albert in the year 1880 and ready to dispatch in Lynchburg/Virginia.
The machine was demolished through a fire. With the pay of the insurance he constructed a new machine. This machine is patented on 08.03.1881. He was given the Patent-Nr. 238640.
Picture from the patent
Only a short time later, at 04.10.1881, it comes to a new patent title with the number 247795 by the United States patent Office.
This machine manufactured 120 000 cigarettes per day. For the same success had to worked with hands 40 female cigarettes maker 12 ½ hours.
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Cigarettes made by hand before the introduction of machine-made cigarettes (from: Bristol and the Tobacco Trade)
Pedigree of James Albert Bonsack, Virginia /USA
Gen
I. Hans (Vieth) Bonsack
oo
Barbara Katharina …
* 15.. Cabarz(?)
*... 1590 ?
† 13.09.1637 Cabarz
†07.08.1665 Cabarz
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II. /
4.Hans Bonsack
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Anna Trautt
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*30.07.1619
Cabarz
*... 1630 Schwarzhausen
†14.03.1681
Schwarzhausen. † 09.09.1702 Schwarzhausen
Fleischer
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III./
8.Friedrich Bonsack
oo I
Martha Köhler
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* 14.04.1671 Schwarzhausen oo II
Katharina Zeiß
†
13.03.1745 Schmerbach 07.11.1698
*14.06.1687
Fuhrmann
†14.11.1756
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3.Johann Georg Bonsack oo
Katharina
Gebhard
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04.05.1716 Schmerbach 17.10.1741
*04.11.1723 Schwarzhausen
†
03.03.1781 Schmerbach
†05.02.1801 Schmerbach
(†17.03.1787?)
Fuhrmann
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4.? Johann Jacob Bonsack
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Marya Hackman
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*27.03.1760
Schmerbach
*23.03.1771 Pennsylvania
†19.01.1795
Möbeltischlermeister
ausgewandert
1786 über Rotterdam nach Portsmouth, Virginia
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Susann Harshberger |
Grabstein von Susan Harshberger |
VI. / 3. John Bonsack oo Susannah Harshberger 2.Nathanael Bonsack [1]
*11.12.1791 Sams Creek 04.07.1816
*28.05.1799 bei Roanoke, Va
†23.02.1859 Bonsack, Va
†21.04.1888 Bonsack, Va
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VII. / 2.Jacob Bonsac oo Sarah Whitmore ... ... ...
*24.04.1819 Glade Creek, Va 01.02.1844
*23.01.1821
†01.03.1889 Bonsack, Va
Mt.Meridian,Va †…1881
Postmeister
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VIII. / 8.James Albert Bonsack oo Anna Musser
*09.10.1859 Bonsack, Va
01.02.1893
*28.11.1860 Marietta, Pa
†02.06.1924 Philadelphia, Va Marietta, Pa
†27.11.1930
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1.Albert Bonsack 2.
Edwin Bonsack oo
Eleanor Manning
*25 Feb 1884 *22 Jan 1886 30 Nov 1910 *1890 * 30 May 1889 4 Nov 1911 *1883 * 26 Jan 1896
†19 Jun 1884)
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1. Elizabeth Bonsack 2.Edwin Bonsack Jr. oo Cornelia Heisler 1.George Powell Jr. oo Edith Buckler 2.James Powell 3.Arthur Powell oo Elizabeth Cleghorn
*. 27 May 1914 * 12 Jul 1918 *1922 * 12 Jun 1913 15.06. 1946 * 1922 *21 Mar 1915 * 1920
† 30 May 1914 † 1 Apr 2005 †2003 † 22 Oct 1978 †1999 † 6 Feb 1928
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1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3, 4. 1. 2 3. 4. 5.
Bildergalerie
VIII. Generation
James Albert Anna & James Albert Anna Anna & Georg Powell jun
IX. Generation
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Edwin & Eleanor Mary Elizabeth James Albert jr gefallen im I. Weltkrieg
X. Generation
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Cornelia James Albert jr James Powell James Albert sen
We owe the information about the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of James Albert Bonsack, so from Albert Bonsack (*1884) to Arthur Bonsack (*1920) and also the photographs from David Powell. Many thanks!
[1]Joni Kendig Barwick, Marion, Illinois told me that he had bought at a fleamarket in an old Bible that was printed in 1830 in Philadelphia, PA.
Inside were the two illustrated leaflets, which allow a precise assignment to the family tree and identify Nathanael Bonsack as the owner of the Bible.
A big thank you also to Joni Kendig Barwick! A wonderful genealogical evidence.
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On
January the 25, 1835 I, Nathanael Bonsack, copied from an old
register the date of my Grandfather und Grandmother and my
father and my mother their birth. My
Grandfather John Hackman was born the 16 of April 1741 in the
morning between 6 and 7 o'clock __________________________________ My
Grandmother Magdalene Schallenbergerin was born the 26 of May in
the morning. _______________________________ John Hackman died the 13 of February 1804 in the morning 2 o'clock. ______________________________ Magdalene Hackman whose maiden name was Magdalene Schallenbergerin died
the 22 of March in the |
My
Father Jacob Bonsack was born the 27 of March 1760. ____________________________________________________________ My Mother Marge (Maria) Bonsackin who before her marriage was Marge (Maria) Hackman was
born under the sign of the crab ___________________________________________________________ My father Jacob Bonsack died
the 19th of January 1795. ___________________________________________________________ My mother Marge (Maria) Bonsackin whose maiden name was Maria Hackman, died the 19th of April 1893 in the morning 10 o'clock under the sign of the crab. ___________________________________________________________ |
The translated text has been largely adapted to the current spelling.
