Andrew MANCHESTER

(b. 23 September 1813 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA d. 10 May 1884 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Andrew MANCHESTER was born 23 September 1813 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

Andrew MANCHESTER was the child of ? and ?

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Andrew married Ruth FRANCIS 2 October 1836 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ruth FRANCIS was born 20 August 1819 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Ruth died 26 July 1893 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth was the child of William FRANCIS and Patience NEGUS.

Andrew MANCHESTER died 10 May 1884 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

son of Thomas Manchester and Cynthia Sawyer

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Andrew MANCHESTER married

Ruth FRANCIS-- Date: 2 October 1836 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Ruth FRANCIS was the child of William FRANCIS and Patience NEGUS

Children of Andrew MANCHESTER and Ruth FRANCIS:

John S MANCHESTER (b.June 1838, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA d. 10 July 1906, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Annie E MANCHESTER (b.abt. 1842, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA d. 31 July 1923, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)

William MANCHESTER (b.30 September 1843, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 24 June 1896, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Cynthia MANCHESTER (b.May 1850, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 7 July 1938, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

George MANCHESTER (b.29 July 1853, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 May 1903, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

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1813 Birth
23 September 1813
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1836 Marriage / Partner
Andrew MANCHESTER and Ruth FRANCIS 2 October 1836, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

He was 23 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
John S MANCHESTER was born June 1838, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Andrew was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
William MANCHESTER was born 30 September 1843, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Andrew was 30 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Cynthia MANCHESTER was born May 1850, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Andrew was 36 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Birth of Child
George MANCHESTER was born 29 July 1853, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Andrew was 39 years old.

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 - Fall River, Massachusetts
Name: Andrew Manchester
Age in 1870: 55
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 115
Home in 1870: Fall River Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Fall River
Occupation: House Carpenter
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 500
Inferred Spouse: Ruth Manchester
Inferred Children: Cynthia P Manchester
George Manchester
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Manchester 55
Ruth Manchester 53
Cynthia P Manchester 19
George Manchester 16
P Ordella Bessey

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)

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.