Elizabeth Jane LIBBY

Born

2 April 1816 , Sabattus, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

24 August 1885 , Maine, USA

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Rufus King LIBBY Roxanna JONES

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Born: 2 April 1816 in Sabattus, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: Rufus King LIBBY

Mother: Roxanna JONES

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Elizabeth Jane married Samuel HALEY 21 October 1838 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . Samuel HALEY was born 4 August 1810 in Topsham, Maine, USA. Samuel died 1 July 1885 in Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville).

Elizabeth Jane LIBBY died 24 August 1885 in Maine, USA.
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Elizabeth Jane LIBBY married

Samuel HALEY
Marriage date: 21 October 1838
Marriage place: Lewiston, Maine, USA
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Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907

groom's name: Samuel Haley

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bride's name: Elizabeth Jane Libbey

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marriage date: 21 Oct 1838

marriage place: Lewiston,Androscoggin,Maine

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indexing project (batch) number: M52051-2

system origin: Maine-ODM

source film number: 11334

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Samuel HALEY b. 10 Aug 1839, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Josiah D HALEY b. 09 Jun 1841, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Charles Henry HALEY b. 07 Apr 1843, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Mary Jane HALEY b. 21 Sep 1845, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Frances Jane HALEY b: 31 MAR 1850, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

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Birth — 1816
2 April 1816
Sabattus, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Jane LIBBY and Samuel HALEY 21 October 1838, Lewiston, Maine, USA

She was 22 years old.

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Elisabeth Haily
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: Lewiston, Lincoln, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 34
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birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1816
dwelling house number: 300
family number: 348
line number: 27
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 259
film number: 443498
digital folder number: 004198851
image number: 00570
Household Gender Age
Samuel Haily M 39
Elisabeth Haily F 34
Samuel Haily M 11
Josiah Haily M 9
Charles H Haily M 7
Mary J Haily F 5
Frances A Haily F 0
William Dill M 25
Lucy Jordan F 54

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Elisabeth J Haley
residence: , Androscoggin, Maine
ward: Lewiston
age: 44 years
estimated birth year: 1816
birthplace: Maine
gender: Female
page: 25
family number: 218
film number: 803432
dgs number: 4231243
image number: 00307
nara number: M653
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

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Elizabeth J. Haley
residence: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
birthdate: 1816
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Samuel Haley
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): 64 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0475
page: 340
page character: A
entry number: 730
film number: 1254475
Household Gender Age
spouse Samuel Haley M 70
Elizabeth J. Haley F 64

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)

Grave

Riverside Cemetery
Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Death — 1885
24 August 1885
Maine, USA
She died at the age of 69.

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Riverside Cemetery

Lewiston, Maine, USA
Website: http://lplonline.org/wp-content/uploads/Riverside-Cemetery.pdf

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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