Catherine  THOMPSON

Born

1 July 1826 ,  Fairbanks, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

28 July 1887 , 

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Abram (Abraham) THOMPSONCatherine SHEARER

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Born: 1 July 1826 in Fairbanks, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Abram (Abraham) THOMPSON

Mother: Catherine SHEARER

Paternal grandparents: Daniel THOMPSON , Mary HOAG

Catherine THOMPSON died 28 July 1887

m. Noah Sardine Briggs

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Birth — 1826
1 July 1826
Fairbanks, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

 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)

 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

 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)

 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

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