Elbridge K PERKINS

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abt. 1837 , Maine, USA

Died

abt. 1927 , Massachusetts, USA

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Enoch PERKINS

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Mariam (Merriam) JONES

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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 Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine

Name: Elbridge Perkins
event: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
race (standardized):
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1837
dwelling house number: 229
family number: 229
Line Number: 11
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 260
Film Number: 443497
Digital Folder Number: 004198850
Image Number: 00247
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Enoch Perkins M 46 Maine
Mariam C Perkins F 45 Maine
William B Perkins M 19 Maine
Lucinda C Perkins F 20 Maine
Mary A Perkins F 12 Maine
Augustus Perkins M 14 Maine
Elbridge Perkins M 13 Maine
Martha Perkins F 9 Maine
Enoch Perkins M 7 Maine
Alonzo Perkins M 5 Maine
Margaret F Perkins F 4 Maine
Albert Perkins M 2 Maine
Eunice Perkins F 17 Maine

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Sherman, Aroostook, Maine

Name: Elbridge R Perkins
estimated Birth Year: 1835
Gender: Male
age in 1870: 35y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elbridge R Perkins M 35y Maine
Louisa J Perkins F 21y Maine
Charles E Crockett M 22y Maine

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

1880 Sherman, Aroostook, Maine

name : Elbridge K Perkins
event: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Sherman, Aroostook, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 44
marital status : Married
occupation : Farmer
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Self
birthplace : Maine, United States
birthdate : 1836
spouse's name : Lovisa J. Perkins
spouse's birthplace : Maine, United States
father's name :
father's birthplace :
mother's name :
mother's birthplace :
page : 355
page character : D
entry number : 4803
nara film number : T9-0476
gs film number : 1254476
Digital Folder Number: 004241561
Image Number: 00713
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Elbridge K Perkins M 44 Maine, United States
wife Lovisa J. Perkins F 31 Maine, United States
son Joseph R. Perkins M 9 Maine, United States
son Charles F Perkins M 2 Maine, United States

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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.

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

1890

groom's Name: Elbridge K. Perkins
groom's Birth Date:
groom's birthPlace: Me
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bride's Name: Mary A. Ham
bride's Birth Date: 1848
bride's birthPlace: Barrington, Strafford, Nh
bride's Age: 42
Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1890
marriage Place: Dover, Strafford, Nh
groom's father's Name: Enoch
groom's mother's Name: Mary
bride's father's Name: George Wiggin
bride's mother's Name: Sophia
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indexing project (batch) number: M73153-1
system origin: New Hampshire-VR
source Film Number: 1001294
reference number: 2:3D1589X

'New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FDLJ-RHY : accessed 13 Feb 2013), Elbridge K. Perkins and Mary A. Ham, 13 Oct 1890; citing reference 2:3D1589X, FHL microfilm 1001294.

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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 Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Elbridge K Perkins
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 763 Holliston town, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: Nov 1836
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: Widowed
years Married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
pAge: 20
sheet letter: A
family number: 492
reference number: 12
Film Number: 1240659
Digital Folder Number: 004113844
Image Number: 00466
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Elbridge K Perkins M 64 Maine
daughter-in-law Elizabeth Perkins F 21 Massachusetts
son Joseph R Perkins M 29 Maine
boarder Francis Rivers M 1 Massachusetts

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

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

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907

Name: Elbridge K Perkins
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Dec 1907
Event Place: Holliston, , Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Marital Status: Divorced
Race:
Birth Date: 1837
birthPlace: Damariscotta, , Maine
marriage registration year:
marriage registration Place: Holliston, , Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1837
father: Enoch Perkins
father's titles & terms:
mother: Merriam Jones
mother's titles & terms:
Spouse: Lucy N Jones
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's Race:
spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
spouse's father: Francis Tarr
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Sally Lane
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
record number: 1756
Film Number: 2315300
Digital Folder Number: 4329358
Image Number: 00111
number of images: 1

'Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N4DR-SGR : accessed 13 Feb 2013), Elbridge K Perkins and Lucy N Jones,

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1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Elbridge K Perkins
Residence: Holleston Town, Middlesex, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1838
Age: 82
birthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820710
Digital Folder Number: 4301107
Image Number: 00326
sheet number: 9

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

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