Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Willard  TREWORGY

  (b. 26 November 1813 ,  Ellsworth, Massachusetts (District of Maine)   d. 18 January 1890 ,  Ellsworth, Maine, USA )  

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Willard TREWORGY was born 26 November 1813 in Ellsworth, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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Willard TREWORGY died 18 January 1890 in Ellsworth, Maine, USA.
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1813 Birth
Name: Willard Treworgy
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1813
Birthplace: BLUE HILL,HANCOCK,MAINE
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Joseph Treworgy
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sukey
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50637-1
System Origin: Maine-ODM
GS Film number: 10608
Reference ID:

'Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F44D-LTY : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Willard Treworgy, 26 Nov 1813.
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Invention 1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)
U.S. President1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
1850 Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
Name: Willard Treworgy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1814
House Number: 123
Family Number: 126
Line Number: 4
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 254
GS Film number: 443491
Digital Folder Number: 004198721
Image Number: 00146
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Willard Treworgy M 36 Maine
Lusy Treworgy M 32 Maine
Melicia Treworgy F 7 Maine
Henery Treworgy M 5 Maine
Sarah Treworgy F 4 Maine
John Treworgy M 2 Maine
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
1860 Surry, Hancock, Maine
Name: Willard Treworgy
Event Type:
Event Year:
Event Place:
Minor Civil Division: Surry
Age (Expanded): 45 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace:
Gender:
Page: 25
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803438
Digital Folder Number: 4231249
Image Number: 00415
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
1870 Surry, Hancock, Maine
Name: Willard Treworgy
Birth Year (Estimated): 1814
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 56y
Race: White
Birthplace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Willard Treworgy M 56y Maine
Lucy J Treworgy F 52y Maine
Henry C Treworgy M 25y Maine
Sarah S Treworgy F 23y Maine
John H Treworgy M 21y Maine
Jane V Treworgy F 19y Maine
Willard D Treworgy M 15y Maine
Almira E Treworgy F 10y Maine
Louis G Treworgy F 8y Maine
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
1880 Surry, Hancock, Maine
Name: Willard Treworgy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Surry, Hancock, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1814
Spouse's Name: Lucy J. Treworgy
Spouse's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Page: 156
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 524
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0480
GS Film number: 1254480
Digital Folder Number: 004241565
Image Number: 00317
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Willard Treworgy M 66 Maine, United States
Wife Lucy J. Treworgy F 62 Maine, United States
Son Willie Treworgy M 26 Maine, United States
Daughter Almira E. Treworgy F 20 Maine, United States
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
1890
Name: Willard Treworgy
Spouse's Name: Lucy J
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: Surry, Hancock, 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: 00137


'United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K8SF-LT5 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Willard Treworgy, 1890.
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Death
Name: Willard Treworgy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Jan 1890
Event Place: Ellsworth, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1813
Birthplace: Ellsworth, Maine
GS Film number: 001001835
Digital Folder Number: 005246545
Image Number: 02900

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-PHL : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Willard Treworgy, 1890.
1900 Death of his wife
Name: Lucy J Treworgy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Aug 1900
Event Place: Surry, , Maine
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Father's Name: Abijah Curtis
Mother's Name: Sally Hamor
Spouse's Name: Willard Treworgy
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 10052
Digital Folder Number: 4703979
Image Number: 01137


'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KCD1-DMK : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Willard Treworgy in entry for Lucy J Treworgy, 1900.
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Willard is buried at: Bayview Cemetery Surry Hancock County Maine, USA
Added: 10/24/2013 6:53:51 PM - Updated: 5/25/2024 6:10:06 PM
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Did You Know?The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

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1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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