Josephine Frances (Knight) Dickson (1897)
Born in Saco, York, Maine, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Earle Ensign Dickson
— married
1917 [location unknown]
Mother of
Richard Paul Dickson and
Robert E. Dickson
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
Profile last modified 5 Oct 2019
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Biography
Josephine Frances Knight was born in Maine, USA. January 31, 1897.[1]
She married Earle Dickson in 1917. They had two children together: Richard Paul and Robert E.[1]
As a new bride Josephine often cut herself. This provided the inspiration to her husband, Earle, to invent a better bandage. It became the "Band-Aid".
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Onofrio, Jan (2000), Tennessee Biographical Dictionary, Somerset Publishers, St. Clair shores, MI. p. 239-240.
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKG-DS94 : 13 March 2018), Richard Paul Dickson, 1918.
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