Harriett STEELE

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11 November 1859 , Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Died

9 May 1925 , Orlando, Florida, USA

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Birth — 1859
11 November 1859
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana

Name: Harriett S Sleeper
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 35 Wayne Township, Precincts 23-24 Fort Wayne city Ward 5, Allen, Indiana, United States
Birth Date: Nov 1859
BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's BirthPlace: England
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 8
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1892
Mother of how many children: 0
Number of Living Children: 0
Immigration Year:
PAge: 1
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 14
Reference ID: 64
GS Film Number: 1240358
Digital Folder Number: 004118576
Image Number: 00840
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Frank P Sleeper M 41 New York
Wife Harriett S Sleeper F 41 Rhode Island

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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

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 Hamilton County, Ohio

Name: Harriet S Sleeper
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: , Hamilton, Ohio
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's BirthPlace: England
Household ID: 75
Sheet Number: 4
GS Film Number: 1821393
Digital Folder Number: 4383790
Image Number: 00597
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Frank P Sleeper M 60y New York
WIFE Harriet S Sleeper F 60y Rhode Island

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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

Death

Name: Harriett S. Sleeper
Titles and Terms:
Name Prefix:
Event Date: 09 May 1925
Event Place: Orlando, Orange, Florida
Gender: Female
Race (Original): W
Race: White
Age (Original): 65y 5m 28d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1859
BirthPlace: Newport, R.I.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Frank P. Sleeper
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Father's Name: John Steele
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Name Prefix:
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's Name: May Beck
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name Prefix:
Mother's BirthPlace: England
Occupation: At Home
Address:
Residence Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Newport, R.I.
Burial Date: 10 May 1925
Funeral Home:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives: X
GS Film Number: 2116434
Reference ID: 7035

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FP9M-GJV : accessed 19 Apr 2013),

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