Sarah Nettie? WHITE

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9 June 1815 , New York, USA

Died

13 February 1883 , Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Born: 9 June 1815 in New York, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Sarah Nettie? married Cornelius VAN MATER abt. 1844 in Monmouth, New Jersey. USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Cornelius VAN MATER was born abt. 1815 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island). Cornelius died 20 April 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island). Cornelius was the child of Cornelius VAN MATER and Orpah TAYLOR.

Sarah Nettie? WHITE died 13 February 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, USA .
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Cornelius VAN MATER
Marriage date: abt. 1844
Marriage place: Monmouth, New Jersey. USA
Cornelius VAN MATER was the child of Cornelius VAN MATER and Orpah TAYLOR

Children of Cornelius VAN MATER and Sarah Nettie? WHITE

Sarah O VAN MATER

Born: abt. 1846, , New York, USA
Died: 16 October 1920, , New York, USA

Cornelius E VAN MATER

Born: abt. 1849, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: ,

Emma VAN MATER

Born: abt. 1851, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 16 January 1925, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Huldah VAN MATER

Born: abt. 1853, , New York, USA
Died: abt. 1883, , New York, USA

Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER

Born: 28 November 1854, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 16 June 1931, Linden, New Jersey, USA

Married: Charles Smith PARKER 17 September 1884 Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Rhoda Ann VAN MATER

Born: abt. 1857, , New York, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1815
9 June 1815
New York, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Brooklyn, New York

Name: Sarah Van Mater
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1813
BirthPlace: New York
Home in 1850: Flatlands, Kings, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 115
Household Members:
Name Age
Cornelius Van Mater 36
Sarah Van Mater 37
Sarah Van Mater 4
Cornelius E Van Mater 1
John Rumph 20
Sarah White 55
Rebecca White 33

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER was born 28 November 1854, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Sarah Nettie? was 39 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 - Brooklyn, New York

Name: Sarah Vanmater
Age: 47
Birth Year: abt 1813
Gender: Female
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Flatlands, Kings, New York
Post Office: Flatlands
Dwelling Number: 193
Family Number: 193
Household Members:
Name Age
C Vanmater 45
Sarah Vanmater 47
Sarah Vanmater 14
Cornelius E Vanmater 11
Emma Vanmater 9
Ilda Vanmater 8
Elizabeth Vanmater 5
Rhoda Ann Vanmater 3

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Brooklyn, New York

Name: Sarah Van Mather
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
BirthPlace: New York
Home in 1880: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Dwelling Number: 369
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Corneles Van Mather
Father's BirthPlace: Connecticut
Mother's BirthPlace: New York
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
Corneles Van Mather 65
Sarah Van Mather 67
Emma Van Mather 29
Hulda Van Mather 27
Elisabeth Van Mather 25
Anna Van Mather 23

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

Death

Name: Sarah VanMater
Age: 69
Birth Year: abt 1814
Death Date: 13 Feb 1883
Death Place: Flatlands, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 176

Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

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