Frederick H YORK

(b. 3 August 1832 , Naples, Maine, USA d. 10 June 1904 , Jay, Maine, USA )

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Frederick H YORK was born 3 August 1832 in Naples, Maine, USA

Frederick H YORK was the child of ? and ?

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Frederick H married Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN 14 August 1878 in Conway, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
They divorced. Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN was born 12 September 1852 in Naples, Maine, USA. Catherine Josephine "Katie" died 2 December 1900 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills). Catherine Josephine "Katie" was the child of William F CHAPLIN and Mary Rounds DOW.

Frederick H YORK died 10 June 1904 in Jay, Maine, USA.
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Frederick H YORK married

Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN-- Date: 14 August 1878 Place: Conway, New Hampshire, USA
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Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN was the child of William F CHAPLIN and Mary Rounds DOW

New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920
groom's name: Frederick H. York
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace: Naples, Me
groom's age:
bride's name: Kate J. Witham
bride's birth date: 1852
bride's birthplace: Naples, Me
bride's age: 26
marriage date: 14 Aug 1878
marriage place: Marriage Index, , Misc, New Hampshire
groom's father's name: Samuel York
groom's mother's name: Eunice Lord
bride's father's name: William Chaplain
bride's mother's name: Mary Dorr
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M73156-1
system origin: New Hampshire-VR
source film number: 1001321
reference number: 2:1V4R4S2

"New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 14 June 2012), Frederick H. York, 1878.

Libelant: Frederick H. York
Libelee: Katie J. York
Date of Marriage: 1878
Date of Divorce: 8 May 1893
County Where Divorced: Oxford
Source: Maine Divorce Index, 1-59

Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (mainegenealogy.net : accessed 14 June 2012), entry for Frederick H. York & Katie J. York, 8 May 1893, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.

Children of Frederick H YORK and Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN:

Uriah M YORK (b.abt. 1862, , Maine, USA d. , )

Charles Woodsum YORK (b.3 May 1878, Otisfield, Maine, USA d. abt. 1953, Farmington, Maine, USA)
m. Alice Gertrude FURBUSH 12 November 1902 in , Maine, USA

Frederick Delmore YORK (b.23 June 1881, Otisfield, Maine, USA d. 13 December 1957, Eustis, Maine, USA )

Katie Louise YORK (b.abt. 1883, Otisfield, Maine, USA d. , )

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1832 Birth
3 August 1832
Naples, Maine, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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 - 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 - 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.

1878 Marriage / Partner
Frederick H YORK and Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN 14 August 1878, Conway, New Hampshire, USA (North, Center) (Redstone) (Kearsarge)

He was 46 years old.

1878 Birth of Child
Charles Woodsum YORK was born 3 May 1878, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Frederick H was 45 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine
name: Frederic H. York
residence: Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1834
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Catherine J. York
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: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 46 years
occupation: Farmer
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 418
page character: B
entry number: 420
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Frederic H. York M 46 Maine, United States
wife Catherine J. York F 27 Maine, United States
son Uriah M. York M 18 Maine, United States
son Charles W. York M 1 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 Birth of Child
Frederick Delmore YORK was born 23 June 1881, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Frederick H was 48 years old.

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 Jay, Franklin, Maine
name: Fred H York
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 95 Jay town, Franklin, Maine, United States
birth date: Aug 1833
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: 23
estimated marriage year: 1877
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 26
sheet letter: B
family number: 565
reference number: 94
film number: 1240592
digital folder number: 004119823
image number: 00257
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Fred H York M 67 Maine
son Charles York M 22 Maine
son Fred D York M 20 Maine
adopted son Laney Smith M 11 Maine

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN died 2 December 1900, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

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)

1902 Marriage of Child
Charles Woodsum YORK married 12 November 1902, , Maine, USA to Alice Gertrude FURBUSH

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Death
10 June 1904
Jay, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 71.

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