Willietta "Etta" FOWLES

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8 April 1857 , Westport Island, Maine, USA

Died

6 March 1901 , Boothbay, Maine, USA

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Wilmot FOWLES Phebe Royal TYLER

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Born: 8 April 1857 in Westport Island, Maine, USA

Father: Wilmot FOWLES

Mother: Phebe Royal TYLER

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Willietta "Etta" married Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS 29 July 1874 in Boothbay, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS was born abt. 1852 in Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor). Alvin (Albion) John died 25 April 1896 in Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor). Alvin (Albion) John was the child of John WILLIAMS and Harriet HUFF.

Willietta "Etta" married (2) James SAWYER 2 May 1897 in Boothbay, Maine, USA . James SAWYER was born abt. 1871 in Maine, USA. James died 5 June 1907 in Bucksport, Maine, USA.

Willietta "Etta" FOWLES died 6 March 1901 in Boothbay, Maine, USA .
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Willietta "Etta" FOWLES married

Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS
Marriage date: 29 July 1874
Marriage place: Boothbay, Maine, USA
Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS was the child of John WILLIAMS and Harriet HUFF

Children of Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS and Willietta "Etta" FOWLES

Rosa E WILLIAMS

Born: January 1872, Boothbay, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1950, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Lendall Augustine MAINS 15 August 1892 Place: Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

James Frank WILLIAMS

Born: 8 May 1873, Westport Island, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1954, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Lizzie Mae BUZZELL 21 January 1909 Place: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

Married: Daisy Ellen WILSON 8 March 1919 Place: Damariscotta, Maine, USA

Married: Anna I ROBERTS 25 April 1925 Place: Edgecomb, Maine, USA

Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS

Born: March 1877, Boothbay, Maine, USA
Died: 11 June 1964, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Married: Louisa J WHITTEN 16 October 1913 Place: , Maine, USA

Married: Effie Estelle JEWELL 8 April 1919 Place: Bath, Maine, USA

Lillian M WILLIAMS

Born: 5 June 1880, Boothbay, Maine, USA
Died: 16 January 1950, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: John I MCGRATH 24 October 1897 Place: Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Hattie WILLIAMS

Born: abt. 1890, , Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1900,

Willietta "Etta" FOWLES married

James SAWYER
Marriage date: 2 May 1897
Marriage place: Boothbay, Maine, USA

Marriage notes:

Name of Groom: James SAWYER

Groom's Place of Residence: Orland, Me.

Name of Bride: Etta WILLIAMS

Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Etta FOWLES [View alternate record]

Bride's Place of Residence: Boothbay Harbor, Me.

Marriage Date: Sunday, 2 May 1897

Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 5 Jun 2012), entry for James SAWYER and Etta WILLIAMS, Sunday, 2 May 1897, citing Maine Vital Records.

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Birth — 1857
8 April 1857
Westport Island, Maine, USA

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 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Rosa E WILLIAMS was born January 1872, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Willietta "Etta" was 14 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
James Frank WILLIAMS was born 8 May 1873, Westport Island, Maine, USA (Westport) (Jeremysquam)

Willietta "Etta" was 16 years old.

1874 Marriage / Partner
Willietta "Etta" FOWLES and Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS 29 July 1874, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

She was 17 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS was born March 1877, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Willietta "Etta" was 19 years old.

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 Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
name: Willietta Williams
residence: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
birthdate: 1857
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Albion Williams
spouse's birthplace: Maine, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 23 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0483
page: 387
page character: B
entry number: 2368
film number: 1254483
Household Gender Age
spouse Albion Williams M 28
Willietta Williams F 23
child James F. Williams M 7
child Rosa E. Williams F 5
child Albion P. Williams M 4

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1880 Birth of Child
Lillian M WILLIAMS was born 5 June 1880, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Willietta "Etta" was 23 years old.

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

1892 Marriage of Child
Rosa E WILLIAMS married 15 August 1892, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island) to Lendall Augustine MAINS

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States