Evander W THOMAS

Born

17 August 1843 , Canaan, Maine, USA

Died

21 November 1930 , Veazie, Maine, USA

Evander W married Octavia FROST 16 March 1868 in Lewiston, Maine, USA .
Octavia FROST was born abt. 1843

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Evander W THOMAS married

Octavia FROST
Marriage date: 16 March 1868
Marriage place: Lewiston, Maine, USA
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Name: Evander W. Thomas

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Spouse's Name: Octavia Frost

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Event Date: 16 Mar 1868

Event Place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52051-4

System Origin: Maine-ODM

GS Film number: 223931

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"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Evander W. Thomas and Octavia Frost, 16 Mar 1868.

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Birth — 1843
17 August 1843
Canaan, Maine, 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Evander W THOMAS and Octavia FROST 16 March 1868, Lewiston, Maine, USA

He was 24 years old.

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 Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine

Name: Evander W Thomas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 26y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Evander W Thomas M 26y Maine
Octavia Thomas F 18y Maine
Melville G Thomas M 1m Maine

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890

Name: Evander W. Thomas
Military Rank:
Military Company: C
Military Regiment: 24
State: Maine
Military Unit: Infantry
Event Date: 21 Jul 1890
Military Company/ Regiment:
Affiliate Name: National Archives and Records Administration
Affiliate Publication Number: T289
Affiliate Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900
Affiliate Record Type: Civil War Pensions

'United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N4KH-WJ6 : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Evander W. Thomas, 1890.

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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.

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 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Name: Evander W Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Bangor Ward 4, Penobscot, Maine, United States
District: 142
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
BirthPlace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 20A
Household ID: 459
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film Number: 1374557
Digital Folder Number: 004330013
Image Number: 00312
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Evander W Thomas M 65 Maine
Wife Victoria B Thomas F 38 Canada

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Veazie, Penobscot, Maine

Name: Evander Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Veazie, Penobscot, Maine, United States
District: 95
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
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Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
BirthPlace: Maine
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Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Household ID: 156
Line Number: 45
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film Number: 1820646
Digital Folder Number: 004301001
Image Number: 00262
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Evander Thomas M 75 Maine
Wife Victoria Thomas F 48 Canada

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Veazie, Penobscot, Maine

Name: Evander W Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Veazie, Penobscot, Maine, United States
District: 0097
Gender: Male
Age: 86
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
BirthPlace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Household ID: 63
Line Number: 93
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 838
GS Film Number: 2340573
Digital Folder Number: 004584738
Image Number: 00412
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Evander W Thomas M 86 Maine
Daughter Winifred B Andrews F 55 Maine

Source / record details
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Burial Information

Name: Evander W Thomas
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Nov 1930
Event Place: Veazie, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 17 Aug 1843
BirthPlace: Canaan, Maine
GS Film Number: 001001835
Digital Folder Number: 005246545
Image Number: 02004

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-G7P : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Evander W Thomas, 1930.