Alexander Park LADD

(b. 17 September 1837 , New York, USA d. abt. 1900 , New York, USA )

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Alexander Park LADD was born 17 September 1837 in New York, USA

Alexander Park LADD was the child of Bodwell LADD and Deborah SALISBURY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Cornelius SALISBURY and Mary (Maria) BERRY

Alexander Park LADD died abt. 1900 in New York, USA.

m. Octavia F TUTTLE

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1837 Birth
17 September 1837
New York, USA

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 - Lyme, New York
Name: Alexander Ladd
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Lyme, Jefferson, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: New York
House Number: 228
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Bodwell Ladd Male 49 New York
Martha J Ladd Female 26 New York
Deborah Ladd Female 46 New York
Edward L Ladd Male 22 New York
Mason B Ladd Male 16 New York
Alexander Ladd Male 12 New York
John Oneile Male 27 Ireland
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

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

1860 - Clayton, New York
Name: Alexander Ladd
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Clayton, Jefferson, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: New York
Page: 58
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Bordwell Ladd Male 59 Vermont
Deborah Ladd Female 56 New York
Alexander Ladd Male 23 New York
Mason Ladd Male 26 New York
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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