Lydia Jane VERRILL

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4 June 1842 , New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Died

14 August 1901 , Minot, Maine, USA

Age: 55
Cause of Death: typhoid fever

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William VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 4 June 1842 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Father: William VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Jeremiah VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

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Lydia Jane married Henry PLUMMER 2 April 1881 in Gray, Maine, USA . Henry PLUMMER was born May 1846 in Raymond, Maine, USA. Henry died 7 April 1902 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills).

Lydia Jane VERRILL died 14 August 1901 in Minot, Maine, USA .

NOTE: Lydia Verrill Plummer was the aunt of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above. She was one of the witnesses who gave testimony to the coroner's jury.

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Henry PLUMMER
Marriage date: 2 April 1881
Marriage place: Gray, Maine, USA

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1842 Birth
Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Lydia Jane Verrill
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 04 Jun 1842
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: William Verrill
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Lydia Verrill
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I00650-4
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 11587
reference number: yr 1745-1858 p 171

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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 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Lydia J Varrill
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 13
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1837
dwelling house number: 103
family number: 110
line number: 35
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 250
film number: 9720
digital folder number: 004193968
image number: 00323
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Wm Varrill M 45 Maine
Lydia Varrill F 40 Maine
Henry Varrill M 20 Maine
Sarah A Varrill F 11 Maine
Lydia J Varrill F 13 Maine
Harriet Varrill F 9 Maine
Abraham Varrill M 8 Maine
Joseph Varrill M 1 Maine

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: Jane Verrill
estimated birth year: 1847
gender: Female
age in 1870: 23y
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 - 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 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Lydia J. Verrill
residence: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1846
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: William Verrill
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Lydia Verrill
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 34 years
occupation: Does Housework
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 404
page character: D
entry number: 358
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self William Verrill M 76 Maine, United States
wife Lydia Verrill F 73 Maine, United States
son Henry W. Verrill M 47 Maine, United States
son Joseph Verrill M 31 Maine, United States
son Charles E. Verrill M 12 Maine, United States
dau Lydia J. Verrill F 34 Maine, United States

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

1881 Marriage / Partner
Lydia Jane VERRILL and Henry PLUMMER 2 April 1881, Gray, Maine, USA

She was 38 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.

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 Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Lydia Plummer
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 30 Mechanic Falls & Minot towns Mechanic Falls village, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
birth date: Jun 1843
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 19
estimated marriage year: 1881
mother how many children: 0
number living children: 0
immigration year:
page: 19
sheet letter: B
family number: 496
reference number: 63
film number: 1240588
digital folder number: 004119815
image number: 00156
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Plummer M 54 Maine
wife Lydia Plummer F 57 Maine
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1901 Death
Name: Lydia Jane Plummer
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Birth Date: abt 1846
Death Date: 14 Aug 1901
Death Place: Minot
Registration Place: Minot, Androscoggin
Spouse: Henry
Father: Wm Verrill
Mother: Lydia Tripp
cause of death: typhoid fever

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives