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flag male ancestor  Michael  MORRISON

Born
abt. 1841 ,  Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
7/4/1899 ,  Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

Age: 58
Cause of Death: Horse team accident
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Bartholomew MORRISONHonora CAWLEY
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Born: abt. 1841 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA



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Michael  married  Kathryn DEVANEY .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Kathryn DEVANEY  was born September 1869 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna).  Kathryn died 10/10/1955 in New Jersey, USA.  Kathryn was the child of James DEVANEY and .

Michael MORRISON died 7/4/1899 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA.



My 2x Great Grandfather was the first generation to be born in the US from Irish immigrant parents. He was born lived and died in the town of Carbondale Pennsylvania. He married a local woman from Scranton and had 2 children, when his son was only 6 weeks old when he died. He was going to be pulling the float for the Knights of Pythias in the 4th of July parade when the sound of exploding fireworks startled the team of all white horses and the took off he tried to control them as they were tossing people off the float and smashing it into poles. Michael tried to jump up to the head of the horses and fell he was crushed by the wagon and death was almost immediate. He was supposed to have been buried at Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery but the only Michael Morrison that was buried there according to FindaGrave.com is that of his nephew Michael Morrison who was born in 1879 and died November 1899.

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Recorded occupation: Owner of the Livery in Carbondale

Spouse & Children of Michael MORRISON

Michael MORRISON married flag female ancestor Kathryn DEVANEY
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Kathryn DEVANEY was the child of James DEVANEY

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flag female ancestor Mildred MORRISON
Born: 9/18/1893, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1/5/1977, Elmhurst, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA

Married: Charles Rhinehart MARKHAM 



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Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.
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.
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
1893 Birth of Child
Mildred MORRISON was born 9/18/1893, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)
U.S. President1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States
News1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain
News1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
DeathDeath — 1899
7/4/1899
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
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