Leverett C DOWNING

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25 May 1870 , Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

Died

25 August 1929 , Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

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John Newton DOWNING Ellen R CLARK

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Born: 25 May 1870 in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

Father: John Newton DOWNING

Mother: Ellen R CLARK

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Leverett C married Laura Bernice PACKARD 25 June 1902 in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laura Bernice PACKARD was born March 1887 in Haverhill, New Hampshire, USA (Woodsville) (Pike). Laura Bernice was the child of Albert E PACKARD and Ophilia Lozetta IRVING.

Leverett C DOWNING died 25 August 1929 in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA.
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Leverett C DOWNING married

Laura Bernice PACKARD
Marriage date: 25 June 1902
Marriage place: Kingston, New Hampshire, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Laura Bernice PACKARD was the child of Albert E PACKARD and Ophilia Lozetta IRVING

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Name: Leverett C Downing

Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1902

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Place: Kingston, New Hampshire

Birth Date: abt 1870

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Father's Name: John N Downing

Mother's Name: Ellen Clark

Spouse Name: Laura B Packard

Spouse Age: 16

Spouse Gender: Female

Spouse Father's Name: Albert G Packard

Spouse Mother's Name: Orphie L Irving

FHL Film Number: 2057954

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Leverett C DOWNING and Laura Bernice PACKARD

Albert Frederick DOWNING MARTIN

Born: 22 December 1910, Merrimac, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 June 1985, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Annie Orella PRESCOTT 27 June 1940 Place: , Maine, USA

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Birth — 1870
25 May 1870
Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Leverett C DOWNING and Laura Bernice PACKARD 25 June 1902, Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

He was 32 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Albert Frederick DOWNING MARTIN was born 22 December 1910, Merrimac, Massachusetts, USA (West Amesbury) (Merrimacport) (South Amesbury)

Leverett C was 40 years old.

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.