Anne Killen

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Surname Killion in the U.S.

Anne married John Kearon on 12 Aug 1786 in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. John was born about 1751 in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland; died on 24 Jan 1841 in Pratt's Hollow, Madison Co, New York; was buried about 1841 in Fairview Cemetery, Madison Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried in Clipperton Cem, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada
Row 15 North
Kearn, white marble, badly worn, cracked
In memory of Edward Kearn, died Jan. 19, 1876 ae 87 yrs.
native of Co. Wicklow Ireland
On the Middlesex County, Ontario, death certificate 019069 of Jane Evans, Edward Kearn, her father, is said to have been born in New York State (he was born in Co Wicklow, emigrated to New York in 1804)
On the accompanying photograph there is captioned "Mr. Ed Kearn" in handwriting style #1 then "Great Grandfather of Nelson Sears" in handwriting style #2, added later). Photograph by Frank Cooper, Photographer, London, Ont.
Arklow, also known as Inbhear D

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Philpot. Elizabeth was born about 1787 in Ireland; died on 13 Feb 1874 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; was buried about Feb 1874 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gravestone epitaph: A native of Madison Co., York State/"Dearest son, though oft we miss thee/We would not disturb thy rest/Thou has left a world of sorrow/___thy lot more blest". He was aged 31 years at death.

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Jane Kearn death certificate 019069 found in the Ontario Death Register.
Clipperton Cemetery, Row 14 North, W. Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; gravestone epigraph: "Jane, wife of James Evans/died Mar. 5, 1909 ae 81 yrs."
Year of immigration 1835 found in the Canadian 1901 census.

(Medical):Senility - H. M. McFadden MD, Thorndale, Ont., Apr 5th 1909

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See James Evans note. Looks like this record is available. He name could be Margaret Jane

Jane married James Evans about 1845 in Probably Ontario, Canada. James (son of William Evans and Catherine (wife of William Evans) [?]) was born on 18 Jan 1821 in Probably Co. Wiklow, Ireland; died on 20 Mar 1880 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; was buried on 23 Mar 1880 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Anne Evans Free Press, London, Ontatio Feb 29, 1928 Ingersoll Feb. 28--The death occured this morning of Mary Anne Evans, eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Evans of West Nissouri. Deceased was in her 82nd year. She had resided in Ingersoll for the past three years. Deceased had fallen about five weeks ago, suffering a fracture of a hip and one arm. Prior to coming to Ingersoll, she had resided in London. She is survived by the following sisters and brohers: Mrs. Joseph Younr, Byron; Miss Louise, Ingersoll; Mrs. E.M. Day, Thamesford; William, Toronto, and James Wesley, of Montreal. The funeral is to be held to Clipperton Cemetery, West Nissouri, from the Fred Keeler undertaking parlors, on Thursday afternoon.
Gravestone inscription: "Mary Ann Evans/died Feb. 29, 1928 ae 82 yrs/Only Sleeping";
There is a discrepancy between Nelson Sears' birthdate for Mary Ann and the gravestone inscription; A birth date of 20 Apr 1846 and a death date of 28 Feb 1928 gives only 81 years and 10 months approximately; the gravestone inscription reads 82 years.

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Clipperton Cemetery Row 17 South, Gravestone inscription: "Joseph Young, 1844-1929/His beloved wife, Elizabeth Evans, 1848-1930"

Elizabeth married Joseph Young on 22 Sep 1868. Joseph was born about 1844; died about 1929 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario; was buried about 1929 in Clipperton Cemetery, W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On Catherine's gravestone her given name is "Katy".

(Research):History of West Nissouri, Middlesex, Ontario West Nissouri's history began in 1800. The name 'Nissouri' is derived from an Indian word meaning 'running waters' for the region's many streams. West Nissouri Township is in the Thames River of Ontario watershed. The River is 260 kilometres long with two forks, the North Branch and the South Branch. The forks come together right in the middle of London from which the river runs west to Lake St. Clair. Early pioneers found clearing the land to be an immense challenge because the land was thickly covered with vegetation and nearly 50 species of hardwood trees. Although much of the land in West Nissouri has been cleared for agriculture, many small pockets of natural forest remain. Recent trends have encouraged residents to plant windbreaks and reforest untillable areas. In the past, many maple trees were planted along the roads. Some of these large majestic trees remain, but many have fallen victim to storms or age.

Catherine married Charles Madison Sears on 2 Sep 1874 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Charles (son of Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver) was born on 10 Jun 1851 in Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois; died on 2 Aug 1944 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California; was buried on 5 Aug 1944 in Roosevelt National Park, Long Beach, Calif. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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For years I had Sarah Baskerville as wife of Wm John Evans. NO! She is Sarah Evans, his sister. She was married to William Baskerville.

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James Wesley Evans Funeral Notice from The Free Press, London, Ontario, Tuesday, March 22, 1932 The funeral of James Wesley Evans, late of Toronto and formerly of London, was held this afternoon from the Evans funeral home, Hamilton road, to Clipperton's Cemetery, Nissouri Township. Mr. Evans was a member of one of the most widely known and highly respected families of Middlesex County. He was born on concession 4, West Nissouri Township, in 1856, and was a son of the late James Evans, Liberal member of Parliament for East Middlesex from 1867 to 1871. Mr Evans for many years owned the flour mills in Thorndale Village and carried on an extensive business throughout Western Ontario. In 1913 he disposed of the mills to the late Charles Fell and moved to Toronto, where he entered the real estate business. On retiring from business life a few years ago he took up his residence in London, where he died on Sunday morning after an illness of three months. He was married in 1908 to Christina Falconer, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Falconer who survives him. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Day, Thamesford, and Miss Louisa Evans, Ingersoll."

James married Christena Falconer on 1 Jan 1908 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Christena (daughter of John Falconer and Rebecca Liskey) was born about 1876 in Seaforth, Ontario; died about 1945; was buried about 1945 in Vinings Cemetery, West Nissouri Twp, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gravestone inscription: "Hattie J. dau. of Jas. & Jane Evans"
Death Notice from the Free Press, London, Ont, 4 Nov 1893 p.1: DIED/EVANS--At Thorndale, on Nov. 2nd [1893], Harriet, the daughter of the laate Jasa. Evans, ex-MP, aged 35 years. Funeral on Sunday, 5th [?]; services in Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Friends and acquaintances kindly accept this intimation.

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This needs a big reworking. Sarah Evans, dau of James and Jane Kearn was married to a William Baskerville. She's NOT the wife of Wm John Evans.
This name was taken from my grandfather Nelson Sears' journal but online searches make it a highly unlikely.
17 Nov 2021 new info, from Findagrave James Evans site going to William John Evans then Sarah Baskerville there is a gravestone picture that purports to be the grave site of a

Sarah married William John Baskerville on 22 Mar 1887 in West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario. William (son of George Baskerville and Mary (wife of George Baskerville) [?]) was born about Mar 1858 in Ontario; died about 1934 in Hazlet Mission Cem, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unsure of month/day source - 1938 is on gravestone
The cemetery survey gave 1869? as the birth date; I think they could not make out whether the last digit was a 9 or a 4.

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Row 9

Clara married Ernest Miller Day on 1 Jan 1897 in Thorndale, West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario. Ernest (son of Riley Day and Margarit (wife of Riley Day) [?]) was born about 1872 in E Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario; died on 20 Aug 1936 in W Nissouri Twp, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried on 23 Aug 1936 in Zion Seventh Line Cemetery, Middlesex Co, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nelson Evans Sears was born in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois on 15 Aug 1876 "of English and Welsh parentage"* namely Charles Madison Sears and Katherine Evans. In 1880 he moved with his father Charles Madison and his second wife, Celia Chambers, to Scranton, Iowa living for two years on the old John Henning farm two miles from town. In 1882 he returned to his home state where he made his home with his grandparents, Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver, in Sandwich, Illinois. In May of 1886, he traveled to Nebraska to live with his father on a farm near Aurora. Four years later, in 1890, he returned to Plano to attend school. In 1896 he returned to Aurora to work on his father's farm. In the winter of 1898-1899 he attended Business College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1899 he began farming 80 acres of land in Nebraska which his grandmother had bought for him in 1897 for $2600. Nelson sold his Nebraska land early in 1901 for $7200 and traveled to Colorado in an emigrant car chartered by a David Titler arriving in Akron in March of that year. He worked in the harvest fields southwest of Akron for Ira M. Barnhouse. However, after a brief trip to California, he returned to his father's farm in Aurora, Nebraska in the fall of 1901. He returned to Colorado in 1903 where he resumed work with Ira M Barnhouse. In May of 1905 under the Homestead Act of 20 May 1862, Nelson E Sears obtained the South half of the SE quarter of Section 3, and the West half of the NE quarter of Section 10 both in Township 1S of Range 55W of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Washington County, Colorado containing 160 acres. On 20 Sep 1907 he was united in marriage to Ira Morgan Barnhouse's daughter, Edna Maude. Nelson proved up his homestead on 17 May 1909 and was issued Homestead Certificate No. 0585 of the Register of the Land Office at Sterling, Colorado. Later in 1909 Nelson and his wife Edna moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colorado where he purchased Lots 1, 2, & 3 facing Golden St. and Lots 10, 11, & 12 facing Gunnison St, Block 11, Original Town of Akron. On 22 Mar 1910 Nelson and Edna's first child, Alva Raymond Sears, was born in Akron. Their second, Margaret May Sears, was born 23 May 1912, and their third and last child, Faye Eleanor Sears, was born 8 Aug 1914. In 1916 Nelson began carrying mail on RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Route 1 out of the Akron Post Office. He carried mail for 25 years until 1941 at which time he retired from the Post Office and assumed the duties of Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Colorado, a position he retained until his death, 17 May 1948.
--------------*According to Nelson Sears' journal dated 1895. Sears is, indeed, an English name traceable back to Richard Sares, who arrived in America before 1632 but the Evans family, Evans typically a Welsh name, actually emigrated from Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

(Medical):Attendant: Park D. Keller MD, Akron, Colorado, May 19, 1948

Nelson married Edna Maude Barnhouse on 20 Sep 1907 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Edna (daughter of Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin) was born on 24 Apr 1879 in South Bloomingville, Hocking Co, Ohio; was christened on 28 Aug 1881 in Nelsonville, Athens Co, Ohio; died on 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 24 Aug 1971 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the Dept of Veterans Affairs BIRLS death file:
Name: Alva R Sears
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1910
Death Date: 27 Aug 1984
SSN: 473100606
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1942
Discharge Date: 19 Oct 1945
Page number: 1

(Medical):Certifier: Philip C. Brittain, D.O., Coroner, 482 Adams, Akron, Colorado 80720 August 28, 1984

Alva married Ethel Mary Aitchison on 13 Nov 1951 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Ethel (daughter of Joseph Aitchison and Lillian Fulbeck) was born on 22 Feb 1901 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England; died about Mar 1972 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret May Sears was born 23 May 1912 in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, to Nelson Evans Sears and Edna Maude Barnhouse. She was born in her parent's house on the east side of town as were her elder brother, Alva Raymond, in 1910, and her younger sister, Faye Eleanor, in 1914, all delivered by a Dr. Kaylor. That house on the northeast corner of the block at present 5th and Date had some interesting history. Margaret's maternal grandparents, Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin, had moved the entire house from the country (Woodrow) into the east side of Akron several years before and had lived there until Nelson and Maude moved-in in 1910 just before Alva's birth. Ira and Mary consequently moved to a newly-built house on the southeast corner of the block (at present 4th & Date). But there's more. Nelson and Maude also moved their entire country house in (also from the Woodrow area) and had joined it to the house left by Ira and Mary. Margaret describes their house on the northeast corner of the block: "There was a driveway leading into the yard from the north where a car (or maybe a wagon, earlier) could park right by the back door. Across the driveway, west of the house, was our windmill. That's where we got our water for everything. Mother used a galvanized tub and a wash basin to do the [clothes] washing. The tub was moved into the kitchen for our weekly baths [our kitchen] opened out onto the back room (we always called it the back room) where mother washed [dishes] and where some things were stored and where the cellar was." The cellar (probably a storm cellar used to escape the dust) was a place of dark mystery: "A lift-up door opened up to the cellar where mother kept the jars of food she canned in the fall. Other foods that had to be kept cool were stored there. A black and scary hole in the ground I thought it to be." A barn stood to the west of the house, across what would now be the alley of that block. That barn, in fact, still stands in 2007 as depicted in the picture above. Margaret describes the barn: "There was the big red barn west of the house the north part of the barn was a garage. In the south part [were] stalls and mangers with an aisle running between them. My father kept a sow (for our supply of milk, plus a few families we sold to) for several years and in the west stall a horse named Dick." While the cellar was a mysterious hole in the ground the barn was a cornucopia of childhood delights, especially for the two girls of the family: "When we children were small we had a swing in the aisle that ran between the east and west stalls. What fun it was to swing there. The hayloft entrance was at the north end of the aisle, a ladder leading straight up to the left. We used to play up in the loft, jumping around in the hay and having lots of fun." Ira Barnhouse had been in the Civil War, having participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, but returned in poor health with dysentery for the rest of his life. He died 4 Apr 1914 and is buried in Akron Cemetery. Margaret didn't remember her grandpa Ira but she had vague memories of her grandma Mary. When Margaret started school (kindergarten) in 1917 the old grade school building, built in the late 1890s, was undergoing remodeling and expansion so she attended classes in the old Akron School north of the Methodist Church and later in an upstairs room in the high school. Finally, in 1919 the project was completed and the new school was opened where she completed her elementary schooling graduating from 8th grade in 1925. She entered Washington County High School at Akron (just built in 1916) in late 1925 graduating in 1930 in the largest class in the history of the Washington County School System, 41 seniors. Commencement was held Friday, May 23, 1930. In high school she and her best friend, Helen McCabe, were known as the "Ukulele Girls" for their ukulele duo and flapper styles, the naughty rage of the 20s. She entered Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colo. in the fall quarter of the 1931-1932 school term. With the school year beginning in the fall of 1933, Margaret began teaching in rural Washington County, Colorado at the South Buena Vista School, Dist. 58. In the fall of 1934 she began teaching at Pleasant Hill school, Dist. 42, "often called the Johnson school" at that time. It was located east of the Buttes, and the Harry Johnson home was just a half mile east of the schoolhouse. "There was an old pump organ in the school, and I really loved playing it," she said in her writeup "My Years of Teaching" for the Washington County History pub 1989. "We had singing every morning." She taught at this school for three years. She wrote of the dust bowl years: "It was in the latter part of 1934, and 1935 that the dust storms were the worst. The most terrible of these storms came one afternoon (I don't remember the date.) We could see a huge black cloud rolling in from the northwest. When it came roaring over us, the schoolroom became dark and the smell of dust was heavy in the air. The parents came and got their children. I took the McDonald girls to their home which was on my way to town. I could not see the road, and all the way to town I kept squarely in the middle between the fence posts, which I could just barely see on each side. I did make it into town all right, but will always remember this frightening experience." On 21 Jun 1936, Margaret and Clifford Coyne Cooley, son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller, were married at the Presbyterian manse in Akron by Reverend G. Grey Dashen. The newlyweds, accompanied by the groom's parents, left after the ceremony for a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. They returned 6 Jul 1936 to begin residence in the Rena Lewis Apartments at Main St. and 5th Ave in Akron. She began her third and final year in the Pleasant Hill, Dist. 42, in the fall of 1936. In her words, "As a contrast to the previous year, there were several heavy snow storms in the school year 1936-1937. Many times snow drifts blocked sections of the road, and I had to take to the fields and pastures, opening gates and, in one instance, taking down the fence, and then of course, stopping again to close gates and put the fence back up. It was a joy one day late in the winter of 1937 when I saw the first fleecy white clouds in the sky and knew that spring was on the way". For the 1937-1938 school year she transferred to Center School, Dist. 21, north of Platner. She taught there for just one term. In the 1938-1939 school term she taught at Pleasant, Dist. 15, south of Platner. After just one year Pleasant School, to May of 1939, she began a six-year hiatus from teaching due to the duties of motherhood and demands of World War II. Coyne and Margaret's first child, a son, Daniel Berton, was born 25 October 1939 in the Anderson home in west Akron at present 581 Fremont St. (refurbished and still standing in 2007). They were still residing in the Lewis Apartments when Daniel was born but shortly after his birth they acquired (with help from R.B. Cooley) the property known as Lot Three in Block Three of the First Addition of Akron, Colorado, from J. B. Fisher. They built a Cape Cod-style house on the lot costing them just $2000. Coyne and Margaret's second child, a daughter, Catherine Lou, was born 14 Nov 1943, also in the Anderson Home. With end of World War II she resumed teaching in September 1945 at Star School, Dist. 11, for the 1945-1946 school term. for the 1946-47 school she taught at Platner, Dist 16 (8 mi E of Akron). Her salary was $116.67 per month. The next year on Sept 1, 1947 Margaret renewed her Teacher's Contract with the Dist. 16 Board of Directors to teach for the period beginning 1 Sep 1947 and ending 180 days later. Her salary was $150 per month. The school term 1947-1948, still at Platner, would be final one in Margaret's teaching career. Coyne and Margaret's third child, a daughter, Jo Ellen, was born on 13 Nov 1953. Margaret was an accomplished musician (piano, ukuele, vocal). She was a "Ukuele Girl" in her younger years. After her years of teaching in rural schools, she gave piano lessons in the 50s through the 80s. She accompanied on the piano numerous students in their instrument solo endeavors (including her son, Danny, who played, among other pieces, "Willow Echoes", on the baritone horn). While not playing the piano in any scheduled manner, she was often called upon to play for funerals and other church functions. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Choir, faithfully singing every Sunday morning. Margaret had a life-long enthusiasm for books and writing. She served as librarian at the Akron Public Library from 1970 until her death in 1987. She fervently believed that the community should become more involved with books and their local library so she wrote the weekly newspaper column "From Off the Shelves" for the local newspaper, The Akron News Reporter. In 1976 she applied for and received a grant from the State of Colorado to engage in a Bicentennial-Centennial Oral History Project. The project's goal was to preserve valuable history that would otherwise be lost to the next generation. Various Washington County residents were interviewed and the interviewees life, work, remembrances, anecdotes and personal feelings about his/her years lived especially in Washington County were recorded onto cassette tape. Margaret died Sunday, Jan. 18, 1987, at Washington County Hospital aged 74, and is interred at the Akron Cemetery

(Medical):Physician: P.C. Brittain, D.O., 482 Adams, Akron, Colorado 80720

Margaret married Clifford Coyne Cooley on 21 Jun 1936 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Clifford (son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 5 Dec 1979 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 8 Dec 1979 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Faye married Luke Homer Covington on 7 Apr 1933 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Luke (son of Samuel Everett Covington and Opal Elizabeth Lee) was born on 27 Apr 1911 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 2 Mar 1976 in Evergreen, Jefferson Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Faye married Paul Hunter Johnston on 19 Dec 1937 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Paul (son of George Irwin Johnston and Della Richards) was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Clearfield, Ringgold Co, Iowa; died on 20 Jan 1962 in Fort Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried about Jan 1962 in Riverside Cemetery, Ft Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Divorced: 20 Nov 1978, Washington County, Colorado; Colorado Divorce Index 1851-1985

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Joseph Eugene Alberta. Joseph was born on 28 Dec 1933 in Weldona, Morgan Co, Colorado; died on 13 Sep 2005 in Aptos, Santa Cruz Co, Californa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Kenneth Kooker. John was born on 15 Apr 1929 in Reading, Berks Co, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Jan 2008 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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