Margaret MOONEY

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abt. 1847 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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15 October 1884 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1847 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Margaret married James August COSTELLO 11 May 1880 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James August COSTELLO was born abt. 1834 in Cashel, Borris, Carlow, Ireland. James August died 13 April 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale).

Margaret MOONEY died 15 October 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Margaret MOONEY married

James August COSTELLO
Marriage date: 11 May 1880
Marriage place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Children of James August COSTELLO and Margaret MOONEY

James Francis COSTELLO

Born: 6 October 1882, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 March 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Johannah Gertrude CROWLEY 4 June 1905 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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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

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.

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)

1880 Marriage / Partner
Margaret MOONEY and James August COSTELLO 11 May 1880, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1882 Birth of Child
James Francis COSTELLO was born 6 October 1882, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)