Susan FRANCIS

(b. 5 April 1822 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 September 1895 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Susan FRANCIS was born 5 April 1822 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Susan FRANCIS was the child of William FRANCIS and Patience NEGUS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry FRANCIS and Susannah BORDEN (maternal) Stephen NEGUS and Patience MILLARD

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Susan married John HEALY abt. 1840 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
John HEALY was born 10 August 1814 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). John died 28 November 1902 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). John was the child of Godfrey HEALY and Ruth ALBERT.

Susan FRANCIS died 1 September 1895 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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Susan FRANCIS married

John HEALY-- Date: abt. 1840 Place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
John HEALY was the child of Godfrey HEALY and Ruth ALBERT

Children of John HEALY and Susan FRANCIS:

John W HEALY (b.24 October 1842, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 4 June 1918, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Ruth A HEALY (b.abt. 1843, , Rhode Island, USA d. , )

Valentine Francis HEALY (b.3 November 1846, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 26 February 1926, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA )

Ferdinand D HEALY (b.abt. 1847, , Rhode Island, USA d. 30 September 1921, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA )

Ellery B HEALY (b.abt. 1849, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 4 March 1934, )

Restcome C HEALY (b.abt. 1852, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. abt. 1931, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

Mary E HEALY (b.7 October 1856, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 25 December 1943, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

Emma Gene HEALY (b.6 March 1858, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 December 1938, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

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1822 Birth
5 April 1822
Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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

1842 Birth of Child
John W HEALY was born 24 October 1842, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Susan was 20 years old.

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

1846 Birth of Child
Valentine Francis HEALY was born 3 November 1846, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Susan was 24 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Birth of Child
Mary E HEALY was born 7 October 1856, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Susan was 34 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 Birth of Child
Emma Gene HEALY was born 6 March 1858, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Susan was 35 years old.

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

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)

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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Susan Frances F. Healy
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Fall River, Mass.
Death Date: 01 Sep 1895
Death Place: Fall River, Massachusetts
Age: 73
Birth Date: 1822
Birthplace: Fall River
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John Healy
Father's Name: William
Father's Birthplace: Triverton, R.I.
Mother's Name: Patience Negus
Mother's Birthplace: Triverton, R.I.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06839-1
Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 961515
Reference Number: v 454 p 227
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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Susan is buried at: Oak Grove Cemetery

Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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