Luke GILLESPIE

Born

15 August 1820 , County Kerry, Ireland

Died

17 April 1900 , Charlton, Massachusetts, USA

Luke married Martha DOUGHTY . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha DOUGHTY was born abt. 1823 in Ireland. Martha died 15 September 1886 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

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Luke GILLESPIE married

Martha DOUGHTY
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Children of Luke GILLESPIE and Martha DOUGHTY

Mary Ann GILLESPIE

Born: August 1850, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: James CURBOY

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Birth — 1820
15 August 1820
County Kerry, Ireland

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Mary Ann GILLESPIE was born August 1850, , Massachusetts, USA

Luke was 29 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martha DOUGHTY died 15 September 1886, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1900
17 April 1900
Charlton, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 79.

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