Nancy C DREW

(b. September 1851 , Maine, USA d. 11 October 1902 , Maine, USA )

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Nancy C DREW was born September 1851 in Maine, USA

Nancy C DREW was the child of ? and ?

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Nancy C married William H SEDGLEY . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William H SEDGLEY was born 4 March 1856 in Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island). William H died 15 February 1921 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield). William H was the child of Robert SEDGLEY and Sarah LEAVITT.

Nancy C DREW died 11 October 1902 in Maine, USA.
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Nancy C DREW married

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William H SEDGLEY was the child of Robert SEDGLEY and Sarah LEAVITT

Children of William H SEDGLEY and Nancy C DREW:

Gertrude M SEDGLEY (b.May 1879, Skowhegan, Maine, USA d. abt. 1952, , Maine, USA)
m. Harry W BARKER 30 July 1896 in Gardiner, Maine, USA

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1851 Birth
September 1851
Maine, USA

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)

1879 Birth of Child
Gertrude M SEDGLEY was born May 1879, Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield)

Nancy C was 27 years old.

1880 - Skowhegan, Maine
Name: Nancy Sedgley
Age: 28
Birth Date: Abt 1852
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, USA
Street: Pine Street
Dwelling Number: 177
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Wm. H. Sedgley
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members Age Relationship
Wm. H. Sedgley
24 Self (Head)
Nancy Sedgley 28 Wife
Gertrude M. Sedgley
2 Daughter
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Marriage of Child
Gertrude M SEDGLEY married 30 July 1896, Gardiner, Maine, USA to Harry W BARKER

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.

1900 - Skowhegan, Maine
Name: Nancy C Sedgeley
[Nancy C Sedgley]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Sep 1851
Birthplace: Maine, USA
Home in 1900: Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine
Street: Summer Street
House Number: 19
Sheet Number: 41
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 61
Family Number: 937
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William H Sedgeley
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Maine, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Maine, USA
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 3
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
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Household Members Age Relationship
William H Sedgeley
45 Head
Nancy C Sedgeley 48 Wife
John D Sedgeley
19 Son
Mary Hayden
55 Servant
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.