Melintha Brown LAWTON

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4 December 1848 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Died

abt. 1927 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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John LAWTON Julia Ann TRIPP

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Born: 4 December 1848 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John LAWTON

Mother: Julia Ann TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Richard LAWTON , Susannah HARRISON

Maternal grandparents: Nathaniel TRIPP , Sophia DAVENPORT

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Melintha Brown married John Henry ADAMS 3 February 1875 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . John Henry ADAMS was born 13 January 1849 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .

Melintha Brown LAWTON died abt. 1927 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .
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John Henry ADAMS
Marriage date: 3 February 1875
Marriage place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

name: John H. Adams

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event: Marriage

event date: 03 Feb 1875

event place: Westport, Massachusetts

gender: Male

age: 26

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estimated birth year: 1849

father: John R.

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mother: Lucy

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spouse: Melintha B. Lawton

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record number: 11

film number: 1433035

digital folder number: 4279599

image number: 00156

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1848 Birth

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name: Melintha B. Lawton
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Birth Date: 3 Dec 1848
birthPlace: Fall River
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father's Name: John Lawton
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mother's Name: Juliann
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indexing project (batch) number: C04149-4
system origin: C_Group
source Film Number: 1420729
reference number: item 2 208 21

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melintha B Lawton
Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 5 months
calculated Birth Year: 1850
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Gender: Female
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Film Number: 14703
digital gs number: 4194639
Image Number: 00498
Line Number: 17
dwelling house number: 82
family number: 96
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Household Gender Age
John Lawton M 35y
Julia A Lawton F 35y
Augustus C Lawton M 7y
Sophia K Lawton F 4y
Richard N Lawton M 2y
Melintha B Lawton F 5m
George B Lawton M 42y

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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

1855 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melintha B Lawton
Age: 7
estimated Birth Year: 1848
Gender: Female
Race:
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
family number: 396
Line Number: 10
Film Number: 000953977
Digital Folder Number: 004279391
Image Number: 00331
Household Gender Age
John Lawton M 40
Augustus C Lawton M 12
Sophia R Lawton F 9
Nelson R Lawton M 8
Melintha B Lawton F 7
Julia A Lawton F 4

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1855 Massachusetts Census
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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)

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.

1875 Marriage / Partner
Melintha Brown LAWTON and John Henry ADAMS 3 February 1875, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

She was 26 years old.

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 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melinthia B. Adams
Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1849
birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name: John Lawton
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 31 years
Occupation: Keeping House
nara Film Number: T9-0523
pAge: 248
page character: C
entry number: 1149
Film Number: 1254523
Household Gender Age
parent John Lawton M 66
Richard W. Lawton M 32
Melinthia B. Adams F 31

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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.

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melintha B Adams
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Residence: Westport Town (north part), Bristol, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Dec 1848
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse Name: John H Adams
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: Massachusetts
father Name:
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father birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother Name:
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mother birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: John H Adams
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 25
estimated marriage year: 1875
mother how many children: 0
number living children: 0
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0237
Sheet Number and Letter: 14B
Household ID: 362
reference number: 94
gsu Film Number: 1240639
Image Number: 00000683
Household Gender Age
spouse John H Adams M
Melintha B Adams F

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melinthia B Adams
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
family number: 164
page number: 9
Household Gender Age
spouse John H Adams M 61y
Melinthia B Adams F 61y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Melinthia B Adams
Residence: Westport Precinct B, Bristol, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1849
Age: 71
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820687
Digital Folder Number: 4301083
Image Number: 00794
sheet number: 9
Household Gender Age
spouse John H Adams M 71y
Melinthia B Adams F 71y
Lucy Adams F 91y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death

Name: Melinthia B Adams
Death Date: 1927
Death Place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 80
Page Number: 569
Index Volume Number: 81
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.81

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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