George MANCHESTER

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29 July 1853 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Died

9 May 1903 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Andrew MANCHESTER Ruth FRANCIS

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Born: 29 July 1853 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Andrew MANCHESTER

Mother: Ruth FRANCIS

Maternal grandparents: William FRANCIS , Patience NEGUS

George MANCHESTER died 9 May 1903 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

m. 16 Sep 1875, North Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth A Manley
(1854–1891)

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Birth — 1853
29 July 1853
Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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: George Manchester
Age in 1870: 16
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 115
Home in 1870: Fall River Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Fall River
Occupation: Carpenter Apprentice
Inferred Father: Andrew Manchester
Inferred Mother: Ruth Manchester
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Manchester 55
Ruth Manchester 53
Cynthia P Manchester 19
George Manchester 16
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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.

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)