John Colbath HONEY

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9 August 1837 , Orono, Maine, USA

Died

26 November 1912 , Bangor, Maine, USA

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Born: 9 August 1837 in Orono, Maine, USA

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John Colbath married Maria Louise ORCUTT 24 November 1864 in Hancock, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maria Louise ORCUTT was born abt. 1841 in Maine, USA.

John Colbath HONEY died 26 November 1912 in Bangor, Maine, USA.
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John Colbath HONEY married

Maria Louise ORCUTT
Marriage date: 24 November 1864
Marriage place: Hancock, Maine, USA

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Name: John C. Honey

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Spouse's Name: Maria Louise Orcutt

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Event Date: 24 Nov 1864

Event Place: Hancock, Maine

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50371-2

System Origin: Maine-EASy

GS Film number: 10466

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"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org

Children of John Colbath HONEY and Maria Louise ORCUTT

Harry Earl HONEY

Born: 25 October 1873, Lowell, Maine, USA
Died: 15 February 1958,

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Birth — 1837
9 August 1837
Orono, Maine, USA

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 Mariaville, Hancock, Maine

Name: John Honey
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Mariaville, Hancock, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
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BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
House Number: 380
Family Number: 391
Line Number: 36
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 255
GS Film Number: 443492
Digital Folder Number: 004198845
Image Number: 00400
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Joseph Honey M 33 Maine
Betsy Honey F 33 Maine
John Honey M 13 Maine
William Honey M 11 Maine
Mohaly Honey M 8 Maine
Adaline Honey F 6 Maine
Lucy Honey F 1 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 Marriage / Partner
John Colbath HONEY and Maria Louise ORCUTT 24 November 1864, Hancock, Maine, USA

He was 27 years old.

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 Amherst, Hancock, Maine

Name: John C Honey
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 32y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John C Honey M 32y Maine
Maria L Honey F 29y 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.

1873 Birth of Child
Harry Earl HONEY was born 25 October 1873, Lowell, Maine, USA (Deanfield) (Huntressville) (Pages Mills)

John Colbath was 36 years old.

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: John C Honey
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890.
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 7
GS Film Number: 338166
Digital Folder Number: 004679071
Image Number: 00481

'United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K8SF-Y6G : accessed 25 Oct 2013), John C Honey, 1890.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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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 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Name: John C Honey
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 72 Bangor city Ward 2, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Aug 1837
BirthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
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Immigration Year:
PAge: 15
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 270
Reference ID: 32
GS Film Number: 1240597
Digital Folder Number: 004119828
Image Number: 00117
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John C Honey M 63 Maine
Son Harry E Honey M 27 Maine
Daughter-in-law Annie M Honey F 23 Maine
Granddaughter Marian L Honey F 3 Maine
Grandson John E Honey M 1 Maine

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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 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Name: John C Honey
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Bangor Ward 2, Penobscot, Maine, United States
District: 138
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Father
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Father
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
BirthPlace: Maine
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Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 10A
Household ID: 154
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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: 00134
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Harry C Honey M 36 Maine
Wife Annie M Honey F 32 Maine
Daughter Marion Honey F 12 Maine
Son John E Honey M 11 Maine
Daughter Margaret M Honey F 8 Maine
Daughter Mary R Honey F 6 Maine
Son Edward B

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

Burial

Name: John C Honey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Nov 1912
Event Place: Bangor, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 09 Aug 1837
BirthPlace: Orono, Maine
GS Film Number: 001001830
Digital Folder Number: 005246540
Image Number: 02622

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-SVG : accessed 24 Oct 2013), John C Honey, 1912.