Mary E RILEY

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29 December 1850 , Andover, Massachusetts, USA

Died

26 December 1924 , Orlando, Florida, USA

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Born: 29 December 1850 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary E RILEY died 26 December 1924 in Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Birth — 1850
29 December 1850
Andover, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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)

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

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 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Name: Mary E Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 253 Andover town (part east of river & west of Main St.)), Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: Dec 1850
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 25
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1875
Mother of how many children: 1
Number of Living Children: 1
Immigration Year:
PAge: 18
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 368
Reference ID: 42
GS Film Number: 1240640
Digital Folder Number: 004113825
Image Number: 00293
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Stephen E Abbott M 50 Massachusetts
Wife Mary E Abbott F 50 Massachusetts
Servant Eva Treat F 15 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.

1907-1908 - 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

1910 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Name: Mary E Abbott
Event Place: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Immigration Year:
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Household ID: 109
PAge: 7
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Stephen E Abbott M 61y Massachusetts
WIFE Mary E Abbott F 59y Massachusetts
Annie M Cogswell F 25y Canada
Leon Sylvester M 25y Massachusetts

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Orange County, Florida

Name: Mary E Abbott
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: , Orange, Florida
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Household ID: 218
Sheet Number: 8
GS Film Number: 1820228
Digital Folder Number: 4295796
Image Number: 00762
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Steven E Abbott M 70y Massachusetts
WIFE Mary E Abbott F 68y Massachusetts

Source / record details
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

Death

Name: Mary E. Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Name Prefix:
Event Date: 26 Dec 1924
Event Place: Orlando, Precinct Four, Orange, Florida
Gender: Female
Race (Original): W
Race: White
Age (Original): 73y 11m 26d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1850
BirthPlace: Andover, Mass.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Stephen Abbott
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
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Father's Name:
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Name Prefix:
Father's BirthPlace: Dont Know
Mother's Name: Riley
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name Prefix:
Mother's BirthPlace: Dont Know
Occupation: At Home
Address:
Residence Place: Orlando
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Andover, Mass.
Burial Date: 30 Dec 1924
Funeral Home:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives: X
GS Film Number: 2116431
Reference ID: cn16962

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FPMY-LQJ : accessed 18 Apr 2013), Mary E.

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