Fidelia HASTINGS

(b. 27 July 1807 , Suffield, Connecticut, USA d. 20 July 1856 , Agawam, Massachusetts, USA )

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Fidelia HASTINGS was born 27 July 1807 in Suffield, Connecticut, USA

Fidelia HASTINGS was the child of Joseph HASTINGS and Abigail BEDURTHA

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Fidelia married Alexander SMITH 9 June 1835 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexander SMITH was born abt. 1802 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Alexander died 16 February 1878 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Alexander was the child of Alexander SMITH and Elizabeth HASTINGS.

Fidelia HASTINGS died 20 July 1856 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .
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Fidelia HASTINGS married

Alexander SMITH-- Date: 9 June 1835 Place: West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Alexander SMITH was the child of Alexander SMITH and Elizabeth HASTINGS

Children of Alexander SMITH and Fidelia HASTINGS:

George SMITH (b.abt. 1836, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 August 1857, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA )

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1807 Birth
27 July 1807
Suffield, Connecticut, USA

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Fidelia HASTINGS and Alexander SMITH 9 June 1835, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

She was 27 years old.

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