Elsie A CARVER

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16 June 1850 , Biddeford, Maine, USA

Died

6 December 1930 , Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

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Birth — 1850
16 June 1850
Biddeford, Maine, 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)

1880 Kennebunk, York, Maine

Name: Elsie A. Beers
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Kennebunk, York, Maine, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1851
Spouse's Name: Ira J. Beers
Spouse's BirthPlace: New Hampshire, United States
Father's Name:
Father's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
PAge: 286
Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 364
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0491
GS Film Number: 1254491
Digital Folder Number: 004241594
Image Number: 00315
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Ira J. Beers M 39 New Hampshire, United States
Wife Elsie A. Beers F 29 Maine, United States

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Apopka, Orange, Florida

Name: Elsie A Beers
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 122 Precincts 10-11, Ocoee, Apopka Apopka town, Orange, Florida, United States
Birth Date: Jun 1850
BirthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 32
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1868
Mother of how many children: 2
Number of Living Children: 2
Immigration Year:
PAge: 4
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 96
Reference ID: 94
GS Film Number: 1240175
Digital Folder Number: 004120050
Image Number: 00222
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Ira J Beers M 60 New Hampshire
Wife Elsie A Beers F 50 Maine
Son Herbert R Beers M 23 Florida
Son Archer C Beers M 9 Florida

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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 Saint Petersburg, Hillsborough, Florida

Name: Elisa A Beers
Event Place: Saint Petersburg, Hillsborough, Florida
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Immigration Year:
BirthPlace: Maine
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Household ID: 530
PAge: 20
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Ira J Beers M 69y New Hampshire
WIFE Elisa A Beers F 59y Maine
SON Archibald C Beers M 18y Florida

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

1920 Pinellas County, Florida

Name: Elsie Beers
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: , Pinellas, Florida
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Household ID: 327
Sheet Number: 12
GS Film Number: 1820229
Digital Folder Number: 4295797
Image Number: 00714
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Elsie Beers M 69y Maine
SON Archie Beers M 28y Florida
DAU Edna Beers F 28y Pennsylvania

Source / record details
1920 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 - 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

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

Name: Elsie A Beers
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Gender: Female
Age: 79
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
District: 0009
Household ID: 434
Sheet Number and Letter: 16B
Line Number: 93
Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 329
GS Film Number: 2340064
Digital Folder Number: 4531950
Image Number: 00213

Source / record details
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

Death

Name: Elsie A. Beers
Titles and Terms:
Name Prefix:
Event Date: 06 Dec 1930
Event Place: St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Gender: Female
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Age (Original): 80y 5m 5d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1850
BirthPlace: Biddeford, Maine.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Ira J. Beers
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Father's Name: Russell A. Carver
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Name Prefix:
Father's BirthPlace: Maine.
Mother's Name: Elsie Banks
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name Prefix:
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine.
Occupation:
Address: 800 King's Court
Residence Place:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Burial Date: 08 Dec 1930
Funeral Home:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives:
GS Film Number: 2135445
Reference ID: cn19401

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FPSR-F1C : accessed 19

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