Joseph L VERRILL

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28 September 1848 , New Gloucester, Maine, USA

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12 January 1919 , Poland, Maine, USA

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William VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 28 September 1848 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Father: William VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Jeremiah VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

Joseph L VERRILL died 12 January 1919 in Poland, Maine, USA .

married Hattie Hodgkins, daughter of James Hodgkins and Sophronia May, February 14, 1884 in New Gloucester, Maine

NOTE: Joseph Verrill was the uncle of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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1848 Birth
Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Joseph Verrill
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 24 Sep 1848
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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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: Joseph Varrill
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 1
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1849
dwelling house number: 103
family number: 110
line number: 38
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: Joseph Verrill
estimated birth year: 1849
gender: Male
age in 1870: 21y
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: Joseph Verrill
residence: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1849
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Son
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: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 31 years
occupation: Farm Laborer
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 404
page character: D
entry number: 356
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 - 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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Joseph Verrill
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 45 Gray town, Cumberland, Maine, United States
birth date: Sep 1848
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 15
estimated marriage year: 1885
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 1
sheet letter: A
family number: 4
reference number: 11
film number: 1240590
digital folder number: 004119817
image number: 00259
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Joseph Verrill M 52 Maine
wife Harriett Verrill F 32 Maine
son Edward F Verrill M 10 Maine
daughter Emma E Verrill F 6 Maine
brother Henry W Verrill M 67 Maine
nephew Charles A Verrill M 32 Maine
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

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