James W. Marshall

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American pioneer carpenter human

James W. Marshall was the American carpenter whose 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California triggered the California Gold Rush.

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James Wilson Marshall 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American pioneer ⓘ
carpenter ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Sutter's Mill ⓘ
surface form: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1810-10-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1885-08-10 ⓘ
dateOfDiscovery 1848-01-24 ⓘ
discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
eventCaused California Gold Rush ⓘ
familyName Marshall ⓘ
fullName James W. Marshall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Wilson Marshall
givenName James ⓘ
hasMonument James W. Marshall Monument at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Marshall ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
knownAs James W. Marshall ⓘ
locatedAtTimeOfDiscovery Sutter's Mill ⓘ
surface form: Sutter’s Mill
middleName Wilson ⓘ
notableFor discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill ⓘ
triggering the California Gold Rush ⓘ
occupation carpenter ⓘ
gold prospector ⓘ
sawmill operator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hopewell Township ⓘ
surface form: Hopewell Township, New Jersey
placeOfDeath Kelsey, California ⓘ
residence Coloma, California ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent discovery of gold in the American River ⓘ
significantPlace American River ⓘ
Coloma, California ⓘ
Sutter's Mill ⓘ
surface form: Sutter’s Mill
stateOfBirth New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
stateOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
workedFor John Sutter ⓘ
workLocation Coloma, California ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Sutter → associatedWithPerson → James W. Marshall ⓘ
Sutter's Mill → builder → James W. Marshall ⓘ
California Gold Rush → discoverer → James W. Marshall ⓘ
Sutter's Mill → discoverer → James W. Marshall ⓘ
James W. Marshall → fullName → James W. Marshall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Wilson Marshall
Coloma, California → goldDiscoveredBy → James W. Marshall ⓘ
James W. Marshall → knownAs → James W. Marshall ⓘ