Mary Jane WAITE

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4 May 1822 , Mechanicville, New York, USA

Died

4 October 1905 , Detroit, Michigan, USA

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George WAITE Betsey SALISBURY

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Born: 4 May 1822 in Mechanicville, New York, USA

Father: George WAITE

Mother: Betsey SALISBURY

Maternal grandparents: Preserved SALISBURY , Mary POWELL

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Mary Jane married David SERGEANT 5 January 1842 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
David SERGEANT was born abt. 1819 in Essex, New Jersey, USA. David died 10 September 1883 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

Mary Jane WAITE died 4 October 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

m. David Bohan Sergeant

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Mary Jane WAITE married

David SERGEANT
Marriage date: 5 January 1842
Marriage place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Children of David SERGEANT and Mary Jane WAITE

Charles H SERGEANT

Born: 23 November 1845, Racine, Wisconsin Territory
Died: 28 December 1925, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

David SERGEANT

Born: abt. 1847, , Michigan, USA
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Sara Elizabeth SERGEANT

Born: 8 May 1849, , Michigan, USA
Died: 24 January 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA

William SERGEANT

Born: abt. 1851, , Michigan, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1822
4 May 1822
Mechanicville, New York, USA

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

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Mary Jane WAITE and David SERGEANT 5 January 1842, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

She was 19 years old.

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

1845 Birth of Child
Charles H SERGEANT was born 23 November 1845, Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Mary Jane was 23 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Birth of Child
Sara Elizabeth SERGEANT was born 8 May 1849, , Michigan, USA

Mary Jane was 27 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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.

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.

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
David SERGEANT died 10 September 1883, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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.

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.

Death — 1905
4 October 1905
Detroit, Michigan, USA
She died at the age of 83.

Obituary
Mrs. Mary Sergeant.
Mrs. Mary Sergeant a pioneer resident of Kalamazoo and one of the oldest settlers in this city, died at the home of her daughter in Detroit Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Paralysis coupled with her age caused her death. She was 84 years of age. She came to Michigan in 1837 taking the overland route from Mechanicsvlile, Saratoga county, N. Y. Most of her life was spent in this city. She was a member of the old St. John's Episcopal church and was very actively engaged in guild work. She was the widow of the late David Sergeant who was very prominent in Kalamazoo. There survives one son, C. H. Sergeant and one daughter, Mrs. S. E. Keyport, both of Detroit. Mrs. Sergeant left Kalamazoo five years ago to reside with her daughter. The body will arrive in Kalamazoo at 11 o'clock Friday morning and the funeral will be held Friday afternoon from the residence of E. B. Russell, 506 south West street. The Rev. Roger Hanson Peters will be the officiating clergyman. Burial...Read full story