Susan A LAWTON

(b. 21 December 1835 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 July 1891 , Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA* )

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Susan A LAWTON was born 21 December 1835 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Susan A LAWTON was the child of Isaac LAWTON and Melina A SOULE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard LAWTON and Polly BROWNELL (maternal) Jonathan Potter SOULE and Hannah TRIPP

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Susan A married William Henry INGERSOLL 3 July 1853 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
William Henry INGERSOLL was born 8 April 1833 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam). William Henry died 5 March 1884 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*.

Susan A LAWTON died 12 July 1891 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*.
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Susan A LAWTON married

William Henry INGERSOLL-- Date: 3 July 1853 Place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-191
name: William H. Ingersoll
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 03 Jul 1853
event place: Westport, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 21
marital status:
race:
birth date:
birthplace:
marriage registration year:
marriage registration place:
estimated birth year: 1832
father: David
father's titles & terms:
mother: Sarah
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Susan A. Lawton
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's race:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's father: Isaac
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Melina
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
record number: 641
film number: 1432878
digital folder number: 4279741
image number: 00667
number of images:

Children of William Henry INGERSOLL and Susan A LAWTON:

George A INGERSOLL (b.28 April 1856, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 October 1899, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*)

Carrie B INGERSOLL (b.abt. 1859, , Massachusetts, USA d. 31 October 1887, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*)

Josephine INGERSOLL (b.16 July 1862, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA d. , )
m. Frank Lincoln WISWELL 13 October 1887 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

Sarah E INGERSOLL (b.February 1872, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA* d. , )

Melina Russel INGERSOLL (b.8 December 1888, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA* d. , )

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1835 Birth
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Susan A. Lawton
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 21 Dec 1835
birthplace: WESTPORT,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Isaac Lawton
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Melina
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C50009-1
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 873749
reference number:
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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 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Susan A Lawton
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
age: 14 years
calculated birth year: 1836
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Female
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 14703
digital gs number: 4194639
image number: 00499
line number: 8
dwelling house number: 88
family number: 104
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Isaac Lawton M 47y
Melina Lawton F 41y
Russell Lawton M 22y
Isaac F Lawton M 17y
Susan A Lawton F 14y
Jonathan K Lawton M 11y
John A Lawton M 9y
Peleg P Lawton M 7y
Mary J Lawton F 4y

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 Marriage / Partner
Susan A LAWTON and William Henry INGERSOLL 3 July 1853, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

She was 17 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Birth of Child
George A INGERSOLL was born 28 April 1856, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Susan A was 20 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 - 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

1862 Birth of Child
Josephine INGERSOLL was born 16 July 1862, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Susan A was 26 years old.

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 Massachusetts
name: Susan A Ingersal
estimated birth year: 1836
gender: Female
age in 1870: 34y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
Wm H Ingersal M 37y
Susan A Ingersal F 34y
Susan A Ingersal F 11y
George A Ingersal M 14y
Carrie B Ingersal F 12y
Josephine F Ingersal F 8y
Melina R Ingersal F 1y

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Sarah E INGERSOLL was born February 1872, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

Susan A was 36 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 Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Susan A. Ingersoll
residence: Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1836
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: William Ingersoll
spouse's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
father's name:
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): 44 years
occupation: Keeps House
nara film number: T9-0548
page: 601
page character: B
entry number: 80
film number: 1254548
Household Gender Age
spouse William Ingersoll M 45
Susan A. Ingersoll F 44
child George Ingersoll M 24
child Carrie Ingersoll F 21
child Josephine Ingersoll F 18
child Melina Ingersoll F 12
child Sarah E. Ingersoll F 9

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1884 Death of Spouse/Partner
William Henry INGERSOLL died 5 March 1884, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Marriage of Child
Josephine INGERSOLL married 13 October 1887, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA* to Frank Lincoln WISWELL

1887 Death of Child
Carrie B INGERSOLL died 31 October 1887, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

Susan A was 51 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Melina Russel INGERSOLL was born 8 December 1888, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA*

Susan A was 53 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 Death
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: Susan A. Lawton Ingersoll
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 12 Jul 1891
event place: Hyde Park, Massachusetts
residence: Hyde Park, Mass
street address:
gender: Female
age: 56
marital status: Widowed
occupation:
birth date:
birthplace: Westport, Mass
estimated birth year: 1835
burial date:
burial place: Mt. Hope
cemetery:
father: Isaac
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Westport
mother: Melina Soule
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Westport
additional relatives:
spouse: Wm. H.
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 419 p 444
film number: 961504
frame number:
digital folder number: 4224896
image number: 434

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