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flag male ancestor  Nicholas  MCCARTNEY

Born
5 July 1818 ,  Pennsylvania, USA
Died
6 May 1878 ,  Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
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Born: 5 July 1818 in Pennsylvania, USA

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Nicholas  married  Martha BROWNFIELD 2 October 1848 in Farmington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha BROWNFIELD  was born 30 August 1833 in Farmington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.  Martha died 12 April 1901 in Wharton Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.  Martha was the child of Thomas BROWNFIELD and Mary JOHNSON.

Nicholas MCCARTNEY died 6 May 1878 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Spouse & Children of Nicholas MCCARTNEY

Nicholas MCCARTNEY married flag female ancestor Martha BROWNFIELD
Marriage date: 2 October 1848
Marriage place: Farmington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Martha BROWNFIELD was the child of Thomas BROWNFIELD and Mary JOHNSON

Children of Nicholas MCCARTNEY and Martha BROWNFIELD

flag male ancestor Thomas MCCARTNEY
Born: 15 February 1856, Wharton, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 17 January 1933, Farmington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

Married: Geogianna ELLIOTT 27 August 1876



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BirthBirth — 1818
5 July 1818
Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - 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.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
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
marriage1848 Marriage / Partner
Nicholas MCCARTNEY and Martha BROWNFIELD 2 October 1848, Farmington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

He was 30 years old.
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
1856 Birth of Child
Thomas MCCARTNEY was born 15 February 1856, Wharton, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

Nicholas was 37 years old.
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.
DeathDeath — 1878
6 May 1878
Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
He died at the age of 59.
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