Lydia FRANCIS

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abt. 1815 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

12 June 1869 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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William FRANCIS Patience NEGUS

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Born: abt. 1815 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Father: William FRANCIS

Mother: Patience NEGUS

Paternal grandparents: Henry FRANCIS , Susannah BORDEN

Maternal grandparents: Stephen NEGUS , Patience MILLARD

Lydia FRANCIS died 12 June 1869 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

m. ? Brightman

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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 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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

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)

1865 Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Lydia Brightman
Age: 50 years
estimated Birth Year: 1815
Gender: Female
Race:
birthPlace: Rhode Island
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence: Fall River, Ward 01, Bristol, Massachusetts
family number: 22
Line Number: 3
Film Number: 0953968
Digital Folder Number: 4286755
Image Number: 00271
Household Gender Age
Lydia Brightman F 50y
Clarrissa Brightman F 52y
Lydia A Brightman F 23y

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1865 Massachusetts Census
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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.

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Name: Lydia Frances Brightman
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 12 Jun 1869
Death Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 54
Birth Date: 1815
BirthPlace: Tiverton, Ri
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Brightman
Father's Name: William Frances
Father's BirthPlace: Tiverton, Ri
Mother's Name: Patience Negus Frances
Mother's BirthPlace: Tiverton, Ri
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06726-8
Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960194
Reference Number: cert. 99, L. 230
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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