flag male ancestor  Eli  COOLEY

  (b. 21 March 1844 ,  Monroe, Michigan, USA   d. 1 January 1898 ,  Monroe, Michigan, USA )  

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Eli COOLEY was born 21 March 1844 in Monroe, Michigan, USA

Eli COOLEY was the child of ?   and   ?

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Eli  married  Victoria GANARD 14 January 1869 in Brest, Monroe, Michigan, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoria GANARD  was born 21 July 1842 in Monroe, Michigan, USA.  Victoria died 21 July 1914 in Monroe, Michigan, USA. 

Eli COOLEY died 1 January 1898 in Monroe, Michigan, USA.
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Eli COOLEY married flag female ancestor Victoria GANARD-- Date: 14 January 1869 Place: Brest, Monroe, Michigan, USA


Children of Eli COOLEY and Victoria GANARD:

flag male ancestor Peter COOLEY (b.6 December 1872, Monroe, Michigan, USA  d. 25 June 1950, Monroe, Michigan, USA)
m. Josephine "Josie" DUVALL 31 October 1900 in Monroe, Michigan, USA



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birth1844 Birth
21 March 1844
Monroe, Michigan, USA
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
marriage1869 Marriage / Partner
Eli COOLEY and Victoria GANARD 14 January 1869, Brest, Monroe, Michigan, USA

He was 24 years old.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1872 Birth of Child
Peter COOLEY was born 6 December 1872, Monroe, Michigan, USA

Eli was 28 years old.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
Invention 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
U.S. President1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
Invention 1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)
U.S. President1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States
death1898 Death
1 January 1898
Monroe, Michigan, USA

He died at the age of 53.
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