Emma Alice PERRY

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24 March 1851 , Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

Died

4 February 1906 , Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 24 March 1851 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

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Emma Alice married John Shaw BRIGGS 23 March 1871 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Shaw BRIGGS was born 7 January 1851 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro). John Shaw died abt. 1942 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro).

Emma Alice PERRY died 4 February 1906 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA .
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Emma Alice PERRY married

John Shaw BRIGGS
Marriage date: 23 March 1871
Marriage place: Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

Children of John Shaw BRIGGS and Emma Alice PERRY

Walter Albert BRIGGS

Born: 25 July 1883, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 8 July 1974, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Lillian Emily MACRAE 15 November 1912 Place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Birth — 1851
24 March 1851
Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - 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.

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

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Emma Alice PERRY and John Shaw BRIGGS 23 March 1871, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 years old.

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.

1883 Birth of Child
Walter Albert BRIGGS was born 25 July 1883, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro)

Emma Alice was 32 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

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)