Lydia M WAITE

(b. 26 September 1824 , New York, USA d. 3 March 1867 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA )

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Lydia M WAITE was born 26 September 1824 in New York, USA

Lydia M WAITE was the child of George WAITE and Betsey SALISBURY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Preserved SALISBURY and Mary POWELL

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Lydia M married William HENIKA abt. 1860 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
William HENIKA was born abt. 1820 in New York, USA.

Lydia M WAITE died 3 March 1867 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

m. William Henika

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Children of William HENIKA and Lydia M WAITE:

Maria HENIKA (b.13 May 1860, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA d. 10 September 1936, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)

Dora HENIKA (b.17 February 1865, , Michigan, USA d. 17 October 1878, , Michigan, USA)

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1824 Birth
26 September 1824
New York, USA

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

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

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.