Hannah HAWKS

Born

2 March 1823 , Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA

Died

20 December 1906 , Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Oren HAWKS Sophia TAYLOR

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Born: 2 March 1823 in Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Oren HAWKS

Mother: Sophia TAYLOR

Paternal grandparents: Rufus HAWKS , Rowena NICHOLS

Maternal grandparents: William TAYLOR , Experience TOTMAN

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Hannah married Joshua Baron TOTMAN 18 June 1846 in Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joshua Baron TOTMAN was born 2 September 1820 in Colrain, Massachusetts, USA (Colerain) (Boston Township). Joshua Baron died 29 December 1910 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. Joshua Baron was the child of Jonathan TOTMAN and Jennie SMITH.

Hannah HAWKS died 20 December 1906 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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Hannah HAWKS married

Joshua Baron TOTMAN
Marriage date: 18 June 1846
Marriage place: Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA
Joshua Baron TOTMAN was the child of Jonathan TOTMAN and Jennie SMITH

Children of Joshua Baron TOTMAN and Hannah HAWKS

Jennie Frances TOTMAN

Born: 5 February 1852, Colrain, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 May 1927, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Married: David Ormond NEWHALL 25 December 1876 Place: Conway, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1823
2 March 1823
Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA

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

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

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

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

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Marriage / Partner
Hannah HAWKS and Joshua Baron TOTMAN 18 June 1846, Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA (Zoar)

She was 23 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Jennie Frances TOTMAN was born 5 February 1852, Colrain, Massachusetts, USA (Colerain) (Boston Township)

Hannah was 28 years old.

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.