Etta Arvilla CHILDS

(b. July 1859 , Maine, USA d. 18 August 1901 , Livermore Falls, Maine, USA )

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Etta Arvilla CHILDS was born July 1859 in Maine, USA

Etta Arvilla CHILDS was the child of George W CHILDS and Arvilla H WILLIAMSON

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Etta Arvilla married Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL 30 October 1881 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL was born 8 May 1850 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore). Elbridge Wilson died 22 July 1921 in Maine, USA. Elbridge Wilson was the child of Elisha H PETTINGILL and Sarah Melissa LYFORD.

Etta Arvilla CHILDS died 18 August 1901 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA .
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Etta Arvilla CHILDS married

Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL-- Date: 30 October 1881 Place: Livermore Falls, Maine, USA
Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL was the child of Elisha H PETTINGILL and Sarah Melissa LYFORD

Children of Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL and Etta Arvilla CHILDS:

George W PETTINGILL (b.7 January 1883, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA d. abt. 1953, )

Daniel Elbridge PETTINGILL (b.13 June 1889, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA d. 3 June 1955, Lewiston, Maine, USA)

Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL (b.9 May 1894, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA d. 3 July 1963, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA )
m. Gertrude Grace FRENCH 9 May 1914 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

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1859 Birth
July 1859
Maine, USA

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 - 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Etta Arvilla CHILDS and Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL 30 October 1881, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

She was 22 years old.

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.

1883 Birth of Child
George W PETTINGILL was born 7 January 1883, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

Etta Arvilla was 23 years old.

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

1889 Birth of Child
Daniel Elbridge PETTINGILL was born 13 June 1889, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

Etta Arvilla was 29 years old.

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

1894 Birth of Child
Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL was born 9 May 1894, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

Etta Arvilla was 34 years old.

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.