Sophia Teresa JONES

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31 December 1838 , Calais, Maine, USA

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28 August 1904 , Robbinston, Maine, USA

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Born: 31 December 1838 in Calais, Maine, USA

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Sophia Teresa married Elbridge Joseph GERRY 21 July 1858 in Calais, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Elbridge Joseph GERRY was born 24 June 1825 in Robbinston, Maine, USA. Elbridge Joseph died 31 January 1898 in Robbinston, Maine, USA. Elbridge Joseph was the child of Seth GARY (GERRY) and Mary STETSON.

Sophia Teresa JONES died 28 August 1904 in Robbinston, Maine, USA.

Daughter of Isaac Jones and Salome Hines

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Elbridge Joseph GERRY
Marriage date: 21 July 1858
Marriage place: Calais, Maine, USA
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Elbridge Joseph GERRY was the child of Seth GARY (GERRY) and Mary STETSON

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groom's name: Elbridge Gerry

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bride's name: Sophia Jones

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marriage date: 21 Jul 1858

marriage place: Calais, Washington, Maine

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indexing project (batch) number: M52306-1

system origin: Maine-EASy

source film number: 10624

reference number: 173

"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 12 Dec 2012), Elbridge Gerry and Sophia Jones, 21 Jul 1858; citing reference 173, FHL microfilm 10624.

Children of Elbridge Joseph GERRY and Sophia Teresa JONES

Mabel Stella GERRY

Born: 12 December 1859, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 21 October 1907, Manhattan, New York, USA

Married: Frank Wood HAVILAND 31 October 1888 Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Nellie S T GERRY

Born: 8 May 1861, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1955, , Maine, USA

Mary (Mame) GERRY

Born: 21 October 1862, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 9 June 1900, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Married: John Fremont BROOKS 5 September 1885 Place: Robbinston, Maine, USA

Edith J GERRY

Born: 29 August 1864, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1948,

Seth Stetson GERRY

Born: 23 December 1866, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1925, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Married: Grace E CONNICK (CORMICK) 24 October 1899 Place: , Maine, USA

Max K GERRY

Born: 27 May 1869, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 26 November 1940, Greeley, Colorado, USA

Married: Mary R THOMPSON 24 June 1891 Place: Greeley, Colorado, USA

Married: Florence W PENNINGTON 8 March 1930

Christine Felt GERRY

Born: 31 July 1871, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 11 August 1946, Calais, Maine, USA

Married: John Gregg BECKETT 31 July 1893 Place: Calais, Maine, USA

Kathleen "Katie" GERRY

Born: 22 August 1873, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 10 October 1961, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Married: George W OLIVER 19 September 1914 Place: Arlington, Massachusetts, USA

Elbridge Joseph GERRY

Born: 15 November 1878, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 27 November 1902, Greeley, Colorado, USA

Married: Emma Petrina (Pauline) ANDERSSON 1 March 1898 Place: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Louise Cuyler GERRY

Born: 12 June 1883, Robbinston, Maine, USA
Died: 21 June 1962, Robbinston, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1838
31 December 1838
Calais, Maine, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Sophia Teresa JONES and Elbridge Joseph GERRY 21 July 1858, Calais, Maine, USA

She was 19 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Mabel Stella GERRY was born 12 December 1859, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 20 years old.

1860 Robbinston, Washington, Maine

Name: Elbridge J Gerry
Residence: , Washington, Maine
ward: Robbinston
Age: 33 years
estimated Birth Year: 1827
birthPlace: Maine
Gender: Male

Name: Sophia T Gerry
Residence: , Washington, Maine
ward: Robbinston
Age: 21 years
estimated Birth Year: 1839
birthPlace: Maine
Gender: Female

Name: Mabel Gerry
Residence: , Washington, Maine
ward: Robbinston
Age:
estimated Birth Year:
birthPlace: Maine
Gender: Female

pAge: 12
family number: 70
Film Number: 803454
dgs number: 4231314
Image Number: 00017
nara number: M653

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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

1861 Birth of Child
Nellie S T GERRY was born 8 May 1861, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 22 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Mary (Mame) GERRY was born 21 October 1862, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 23 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Edith J GERRY was born 29 August 1864, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 25 years old.

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.

1866 Birth of Child
Seth Stetson GERRY was born 23 December 1866, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 27 years old.

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

1869 Birth of Child
Max K GERRY was born 27 May 1869, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 30 years old.

1870 Robbinston, Washington, Maine

Name: Sophia T Gerry
estimated Birth Year: 1839
Gender: Female
age in 1870: 31y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elbridge J Gerry M 45y Maine
Sophia T Gerry F 31y Maine
Mabel Gerry F 10y Maine
Nellie Gerry F 9y Maine
Mary Gerry F 7y Maine
Edith Gerry F 5y Maine
Seth Gerry M 3y Maine
Max Gerry M 1y Maine

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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.

1871 Birth of Child
Christine Felt GERRY was born 31 July 1871, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 32 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Kathleen "Katie" GERRY was born 22 August 1873, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 34 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Elbridge Joseph GERRY was born 15 November 1878, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 39 years old.

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

1880 Robbinston, Washington, Maine

Name: Sophia Gerry
Residence: Robbinston, Washington, Maine
birthdate: 1839
birthPlace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's Name: Ellridge Gerry
spouse's birthPlace: Maine, United States
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: Canada
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: Canada
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 41 years
Occupation: Keeping House
nara Film Number: T9-0489
pAge: 156
page character: A
entry number: 2039
Film Number: 1254489
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Ellridge Gerry M 55 Maine, United States
wife Sophia Gerry F 41 Maine, United States
dau Mable Gerry F 20 Maine, United States
dau Nellie Gerry F 19 Maine, United States
dau Mary Gerry F 17 Maine, United States
dau Edith Gerry F 15 Maine, United States
son Seth S. Gerry M 13 Maine, United States
son Max K. Gerry M 11 Maine, United States
dau Christine Gerry F 8 Maine,

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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.

1883 Birth of Child
Louise Cuyler GERRY was born 12 June 1883, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 44 years old.

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

1885 Marriage of Child
Mary (Mame) GERRY married 5 September 1885, Robbinston, Maine, USA to John Fremont BROOKS

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Marriage of Child
Mabel Stella GERRY married 31 October 1888, Brooklyn, New York, USA to Frank Wood HAVILAND

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

1891 Marriage of Child
Max K GERRY married 24 June 1891, Greeley, Colorado, USA to Mary R THOMPSON

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1893 Marriage of Child
Christine Felt GERRY married 31 July 1893, Calais, Maine, USA to John Gregg BECKETT

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elbridge Joseph GERRY died 31 January 1898, Robbinston, Maine, USA

1898 Marriage of Child
Elbridge Joseph GERRY married 1 March 1898, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA to Emma Petrina (Pauline) ANDERSSON

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.

1899 Marriage of Child
Seth Stetson GERRY married 24 October 1899, , Maine, USA to Grace E CONNICK (CORMICK)

1900 Robbinston, Washington, Maine

Name: Sophia Gerry
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 217 Robbinston town, Washington, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Dec 1838
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Mother
father's birthPlace: New Jersey
mother's birthPlace: New Jersey
race or color (standardized): White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
years Married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children: 10
number living children: 1
Immigration Year:
pAge: 9
sheet letter: A
family number: 178
reference number: 8
Film Number: 1240602
Digital Folder Number: 004120202
Image Number: 00263
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Seth S Gerry M 34 Maine
wife Grace E Gerry F 22 Maine
mother Sophia Gerry F 62 Maine
sister Edith J Gerry F 36 Maine
sister-in-law Emma P Gerry F 21 Sweden
nephew Paul E Gerry M 1 Massachusetts
sister Mary Brooks F 38 Massachusetts
boarder Mathew B Rofus M 25 Maine

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1900 Death of Child
Mary (Mame) GERRY died 9 June 1900, Robbinston, Maine, USA

Sophia Teresa was 61 years old.

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 Death of Child
Elbridge Joseph GERRY died 27 November 1902, Greeley, Colorado, USA

Sophia Teresa was 63 years old.

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

1904 Death

Name: Sophia T Gerry
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Aug 1904
Event Place: Robbinston,,Maine
Gender: Female
Age: 65
estimated Birth Year: 1839
father: Isaac Jones
mother: Salome Hinds
Spouse: Elbridge J Gerry
spouse's father: Gerry
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 9947
dgs number: 4544458
Image Number: 01672

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZQW-ZT7 : accessed 12 Dec 2012), Elbridge J Gerry in entry for Sophia T Gerry, 1904.

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