Harriet VERRILL

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23 February 1846 , New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Died

abt. 1882 , Maine, USA

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William VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 23 February 1846 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Father: William VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Jeremiah VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

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Harriet married Ivory COBB 28 October 1876 in Gray, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Ivory COBB was born December 1845 in Casco, Maine, USA. Ivory died 19 February 1912 in Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot). Ivory was the child of William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB.

Harriet VERRILL died abt. 1882 in Maine, USA.

NOTE: Harriet Verrill Cobb was the mother of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above. She died before Jessie was murdered.

Born Feb 23, 1846 Raymond, Me. d. about 1882, bur. Sabbathday Lake, m. Oct 28, 1876 in Gray to Ivory Cobb... He was a millworker in Casco, Me.
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Descendants of Richard Varrell by Harold F. Round, 1968

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Harriet VERRILL married

Ivory COBB
Marriage date: 28 October 1876
Marriage place: Gray, Maine, USA
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Ivory COBB was the child of William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB

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Maine Marriages, 1771-1907

groom's name: Ivory Cobb

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bride's name: Harriet Verrill

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marriage date: 28 Oct 1876

marriage place: Gray,Cumberland,Maine

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indexing project (batch) number: M52083-1

system origin: Maine-ODM

source film number: 10932

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Children of Ivory COBB and Harriet VERRILL

Jessie COBB

Born: 8 January 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA
Died: 16 September 1900, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Gertrude Florence COBB

Born: 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA
Died: 30 December 1967, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Georges Frank CHESNEL 29 April 1899 Place: Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

Grace Agnus COBB

Born: 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA
Died: 29 October 1967, Portland, Maine, USA

Married: James Hosea ROBINSON 25 March 1901 Place: Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville)

Married: Charles E PHILBRICK 20 April 1913

Married: Edward Arthur PARKER 1946 Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Joseph William COBB

Born: 8 February 1881, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 27 February 1968, Minot, Maine, USA

Married: Inez Bernice PHILLIPS 4 May 1901 Place: Kennebunkport, Maine, USA

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1846 Birth
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Harriet Varrill
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date: 23 Feb 1846
baptism/ christening place: NEW GLOUCESTER,CUMBERLAND,MAINE
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father's name: William Varrill
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mother's name: Lydia
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indexing project (batch) number: C50344-1
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 11586
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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Harriet Varrill
residence: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
age: 9 years
calculated birth year: 1841
birthplace: Maine
gender: Female
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film number: 9720
digital gs number: 4193968
image number: 00323
line number: 36
dwelling house number: 103
family number: 110
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Household Gender Age
Wm Varrill M 45y
Lydia Varrill F 40y
Henry Varrill M 20y
Sarah A Varrill F 11y
Lydia J Varrill F 13y
Harriet Varrill F 9y
Abraham Varrill M 8y
Joseph Varrill M 1y
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

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 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Harriet Verrill
estimated birth year: 1851
gender: Female
age in 1870: 19y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
William Verrill M 66y Maine
Lydia Verrill F 64y Maine
Jane Verrill F 23y Maine
Joseph Verrill M 21y Maine
Harriet Verrill F 19y Maine
Alvah Verrill M 2y Maine

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.

1876 Marriage / Partner
Harriet VERRILL and Ivory COBB 28 October 1876, Gray, Maine, USA

She was 30 years old.

1876 Birth of Child
Jessie COBB was born 8 January 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Harriet was 29 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.

1878 Birth of Child
Gertrude Florence COBB was born 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA

Harriet was 32 years old.

1878 Birth of Child
Grace Agnus COBB was born 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA

Harriet was 32 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
name: Hattie Cobb
residence: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1847
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Jerry Cobb
spouse's birthplace: Maine, United States
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father's birthplace: Maine, United States
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mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 33 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 450
page character: A
entry number: 501
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age
spouse Jerry Cobb M 34
Hattie Cobb F 33
child Eunice H. Cobb F 7
child Jessie Cobb F 5
child Gertrude M. Cobb F 2

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 Birth of Child
Joseph William COBB was born 8 February 1881, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Harriet was 34 years old.

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.

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