Solomon Augusta "Saul" DOWNING

Born

6 April 1868 , Foxburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

16 February 1906 , Foxburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Solomon Augusta "Saul" married Laura Ella WILLIAMS 29 May 1892 in St Petersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laura Ella WILLIAMS was born 7 August 1876 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. Laura Ella died 16 October 1906 in Hovey Twp, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Solomon Augusta "Saul" DOWNING married

Laura Ella WILLIAMS
Marriage date: 29 May 1892
Marriage place: St Petersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Children of Solomon Augusta "Saul" DOWNING and Laura Ella WILLIAMS

Margaret Edith DOWNING

Born: 04/09/1897, Foxburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 01/30/1983, Garland, Warren County, Pennsylvania, USA

Married: Glenn Harrison BARNES 6 September 1916

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Birth — 1868
6 April 1868
Foxburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

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

1892 Marriage / Partner
Solomon Augusta "Saul" DOWNING and Laura Ella WILLIAMS 29 May 1892, St Petersburg, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

He was 24 years old.

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

1897 Birth of Child
Margaret Edith DOWNING was born 04/09/1897, Foxburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA

Solomon Augusta "Saul" was 29 years old.

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.