William CUNNINGHAM

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abt. 1864 , Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

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20 September 1891 , Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1864 in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

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William CUNNINGHAM died 20 September 1891 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Thomas Cunningham
Mother: Maria Welch

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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.

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

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Name: William Cunningham
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 20 Sep 1891
Death Place: Lawrence, Massachusetts
Age: 27
Birth Date: 1864
Birth Place: North Woburn, Ma.
Occupation: Operative
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Thomas Cunningham
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Name: Maria Welch
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B00992-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1994694
Reference ID: v 1 p 504

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCMS-VFP : 10 December 2014), William Cunningham, 20 Sep 1891; citing Lawrence, Massachusetts, reference v 1 p 504; FHL microfilm 1,994,694.'