Eliza O FISHER

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28 July 1850 , Constantine, Michigan, USA

Died

14 June 1939 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Josiah Nathaniel FISHER Louisa TRACY

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Eliza O FISHER was born 28 July 1850 in Constantine, Michigan, USA

Eliza O FISHER was the child of Josiah Nathaniel FISHER and Louisa TRACY

Eliza O FISHER died 14 June 1939 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

m. Lewis Hanford Bassett (1848-1923) in 1869

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1850 Birth
28 July 1850
Constantine, Michigan, USA

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 - Perry, Indiana
Name: Eliza Fisher
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1850
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Michigan
Home in 1860: Perry, Noble, Indiana
Post Office: Ligonier
Dwelling Number: 51
Family Number: 51
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Josiah Fisher 37
Louisa Fisher 30
Eliza Fisher 10
Frank Fisher 6
Albert Fisher 4
Fred Fisher 1

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 marriage
Name: Eliza O Fisher
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1850
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1869
Marriage Place: St Joseph, Michigan, USA
Spouse: Lewis H Bassett
Film Number: 001295529

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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)

1880 - South Haven, Michigan
Name: E. O. Bassett
Age: 29
Birth Date: Abt 1851
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1880: South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
Dwelling Number: 269
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: L. H. Bassett
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
L. H. Bassett 31
E. O. Bassett 29
Edwin Bassett 10
Edith Bassett 10
Cora Bassett 9/ 12
William M. Bassett 78
Betsey A. Bassett 74

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - 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.

1900 - South Haven, Michigan
Name: Eliza O Bassett
Age: 49
Birth Date: Jul 1850
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1900: South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan
Street: Clinton St
Sheet Number: 16
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 354
Family Number: 387
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Lewis H Bassett
Marriage Year: 1869
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother: Number of Living Children: 3
Mother: How Many Children: 3
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Lewis H Bassett 51
Eliza O Bassett 49
Edith L Bassett 39

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1910 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Name: Eliza O Bassett
Age in 1910: 60
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1910: Grand Rapids Ward 11, Kent, Michigan
Street: Jefferson Ave
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Louis H Bassett
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 40
Number of Children Born: 3
Number of Children Living: 3
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Household Members:
Name Age
Louis H Bassett 61
Eliza O Bassett 60
Edith L Bassett 39

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - Columbia, Indiana
Name: Eliza O Bassett
Age: 69
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1920: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Lewis H Bassett
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Erwin W Kessler 42
Cora E Kessler 40
Lewis H Kessler 19
Mabel L Kessler 12
Arthur L Kessler 8
Maurice E Kessler 5
Lewis H Bassett 71
Eliza O Bassett 69
Edith L Bassett 49

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.