Samuel Morris CONANT

Born

9 December 1861 , Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA

Died

16 March 1930 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Morris married Nelly Buell FERGUSON 1 June 1887 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Nelly Buell FERGUSON was born 20 February 1863 in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York, USA. Nelly Buell died 22 November 1937 in Paris, France.

Samuel Morris married Ella MCKEE 7 October 1916 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA .
Ella MCKEE was born 20 September 1870 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Ella died 13 February 1955 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Parents & Family of Samuel Morris CONANT

Parents of Samuel Morris CONANT

Father

Hezekiah CONANT

Mother

Harriet Knight LARNED

Grandparents of Samuel Morris CONANT

Paternal grandparents

Hervey Lemuel CONANT Dolly HEALY

Maternal grandparents

Morris LARNED Elizabeth EATON

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Samuel Morris CONANT

Samuel Morris CONANT married

Nelly Buell FERGUSON
Marriage date: 1 June 1887
Marriage place: Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA

Children of Samuel Morris CONANT and Nelly Buell FERGUSON

Roger Ferguson CONANT

Born: 12 April 1888, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 27 December 1905, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Sylvia Ferguson CONANT

Born: 27 July 1891, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 May 1958, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Harriot Knight Ferguson CONANT

Born: 2 February 1893,
Died: 14 April 1900,

Hezikiah Nelson CONANT

Born: 4 December 1894, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 9 August 1964,

Samuel Morris CONANT married

Ella MCKEE
Marriage date: 7 October 1916
Marriage place: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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Marriage notes:

Name: Samuel M. Conant

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1861

Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1916

Marriage Place: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Marriage Church: German Evangelical Church

Spouse:

Ellen McKee

U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989

Children of Samuel Morris CONANT and Ella MCKEE

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Birth — 1861
9 December 1861
Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA

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)

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)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Morris CONANT and Nelly Buell FERGUSON 1 June 1887, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville)

He was 25 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Roger Ferguson CONANT was born 12 April 1888, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Samuel Morris was 26 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Sylvia Ferguson CONANT was born 27 July 1891, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Morris was 29 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
Hezikiah Nelson CONANT was born 4 December 1894, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Samuel Morris was 33 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1905 Death of Child
Roger Ferguson CONANT died 27 December 1905, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Morris was 44 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

Samuel Morris CONANT - Budleigh Hall, Residence of S. M. Conant, 1912

Budleigh Hall, Residence of S. M. Conant, 1912

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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1916 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Morris CONANT and Ella MCKEE 7 October 1916, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

He was 54 years old.

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

Death

Name: Samuel Morris Conant
Death Date: 1930
Death Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 96
Page number: 173
Index Volume Number: 82
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.82

Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980

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