John Henry HANCOCK

Born

26 March 1856 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

8 June 1895 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John Henry married Mary E TWIGG 29 September 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary E TWIGG was born 31 January 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . Mary E died 16 October 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of John Henry HANCOCK

John Henry HANCOCK married

Mary E TWIGG
Marriage date: 29 September 1879
Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Children of John Henry HANCOCK and Mary E TWIGG

Elizabeth Almyra HANCOCK

Born: 7 January 1884, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 24 December 1938, Central Falls, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Peter E MATTHEWS 17 January 1904 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1856
26 March 1856
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
John Henry HANCOCK and Mary E TWIGG 29 September 1879, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Almyra HANCOCK was born 7 January 1884, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

John Henry was 27 years old.

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

1893 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary E TWIGG died 16 October 1893, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Death — 1895
8 June 1895
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 39.

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