Edith Rose FISHER

Born

4 April 1867 , Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Died

10 February 1936 , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Edith Rose married Edwin Percival SAMSON 7 May 1890 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA .
Edwin Percival SAMSON was born 3 October 1866 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA . Edwin Percival died 7 March 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Born in the village of Cotuit in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Daughter of Isaiah W. Fisher and Priscilla M Dethridge

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Edith Rose FISHER

Edith Rose FISHER married

Edwin Percival SAMSON
Marriage date: 7 May 1890
Marriage place: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Edwin Percival Samson

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Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 07 May 1890

Event Place: Somerville, Massachusetts

Gender: Male

Age: 23

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Birth Year (Estimated): 1867

Father's Name: Samuel

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Mother's Name: Elizabeth J.

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Spouse's Name: Edith Rose Fisher

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Spouse's Father's Name: Isaiah W.

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Spouse's Mother's Name: Priscilla

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Certificate Number: 1173

GS Film number: 1415228

Digital Folder Number: 4279733

Image Number: 00278

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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 15 Dec 2013), Edwin Percival Samson and Edith Rose Fisher, 1890.

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Birth — 1867
4 April 1867
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

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)

1880 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Name: Edith N. Fisher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: In School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1867
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Spouse's BirthPlace:
Father's Name: Isaiah W. Fisher
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name: Priscilla Fisher
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
PAge: 192
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 3235
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0519
GS Film Number: 1254519
Digital Folder Number: 004241685
Image Number: 00389
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Isaiah W. Fisher M 36 Massachusetts, United States
Wife Priscilla Fisher F 33 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Edith N. Fisher F 13 Massachusetts, United States

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

1890 Marriage / Partner
Edith Rose FISHER and Edwin Percival SAMSON 7 May 1890, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

She was 23 years old.

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Name: Edith R Sampson
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Residence: Lewiston city, Androscoggin, Maine
Birth Date: Apr 1867
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse: Edwin Sampson
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spouse's birthPlace: Massachusetts
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father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
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mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Edwin Sampson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 10
estimated marriage year: 1890
mother how many children: 1
number living children: 1
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0012
pAge: 12
sheet letter: A
family number: 81
reference number: 18
Film Number: 1240587
Image Number: 00445
Household Gender Age
spouse Edwin Sampson M
Edith R Sampson F
child Murial R Sampson F

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Name: Edith R Samson
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Pittsburgh Ward 19, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
family number: 101
page number: 5
Household Gender Age
spouse Edw P Samson M 43y
Edith R Samson F 43y
child Muriel R Samson F 14y
child Dora D Samson F 9y
child Edwin S Samson M 2y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 - 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 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Name: Edith R Samson
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1867
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0112
family number: 298
Sheet Number and Letter: 16B
Line Number: 79
nara publication: T626, roll 1972
Film Number: 2341706
Digital Folder Number: 4661268
Image Number: 00936
Household Gender Age
spouse Edwin P Samson M 63
Edith R Samson F 63
child Edwin S Samson M 22

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

Death

Name: Edith R Samson
[Edith R Fisher]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1867
Birth Place: Cotuit, Massachusetts
Death Date: 8 Feb 1936
Death Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Isaiah W Fisher
Father Birth Place: Massachusetts
Mother Name: Priscilla M Dethridge
Mother Birth Place: Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Edwin P Samson
Certificate Number: 11641

Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

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