George Frederick EDWARDS

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2 May 1864 , Chaplin, Connecticut, USA

Died

19 August 1937 , Rockville, Connecticut, USA

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Born: 2 May 1864 in Chaplin, Connecticut, USA

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George Frederick married Lydia Climena Minnie FULLER 24 November 1886 in Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Lydia Climena Minnie FULLER was born 6 March 1861 in Mansfield, Connecticut, USA (Storrs). Lydia Climena Minnie died abt. 1904 in Vernon, Connecticut, USA.

George Frederick EDWARDS died 19 August 1937 in Rockville, Connecticut, USA.

son of Seth Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Covel

m. (2) Lillie ?

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Lydia Climena Minnie FULLER
Marriage date: 24 November 1886
Marriage place: , Connecticut, USA

Children of George Frederick EDWARDS and Lydia Climena Minnie FULLER

George Daniel EDWARDS

Born: 26 September 1887, Mansfield, Connecticut, USA
Died: 18 December 1972, Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Married: Abbie A FLYNN GARRISON

Jesse Covell EDWARDS

Born: 4 June 1889, Hampton, Connecticut, USA
Died: 21 January 1955, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Fannie DONALDS 25 February 1912 Place: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Married: Beatrice Winifred MASON 1935 Place: , Connecticut, USA

Minnie Adeline EDWARDS

Born: 20 March 1891, Coventry, Connecticut, USA
Died: 14 September 1948, Rockville, Connecticut, USA

Married: Ernest Henry REUDGEN 1916

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Birth — 1864
2 May 1864
Chaplin, Connecticut, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
George Frederick EDWARDS and Lydia Climena Minnie FULLER 24 November 1886, , Connecticut, USA

He was 22 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
George Daniel EDWARDS was born 26 September 1887, Mansfield, Connecticut, USA (Storrs)

George Frederick was 23 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1889 Birth of Child
Jesse Covell EDWARDS was born 4 June 1889, Hampton, Connecticut, USA

George Frederick was 25 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Minnie Adeline EDWARDS was born 20 March 1891, Coventry, Connecticut, USA

George Frederick was 26 years old.

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.

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

1912 Marriage of Child
Jesse Covell EDWARDS married 25 February 1912, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA to Fannie DONALDS

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