Ralph CHENEY

Born

13 January 1806 , Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Died

26 March 1897 , Manchester, Connecticut, USA

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George Wells CHENEY Electa WOODBRIDGE

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Born: 13 January 1806 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Father: George Wells CHENEY

Mother: Electa WOODBRIDGE

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Ralph married Jerusha Drake GOODWIN 14 October 1833 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jerusha Drake GOODWIN was born 11 April 1811 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA. Jerusha Drake died 18 September 1869 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester).

Ralph CHENEY died 26 March 1897 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA .
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Recorded occupation: partner in Cheney Brothers silk business

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Ralph CHENEY married

Jerusha Drake GOODWIN
Marriage date: 14 October 1833
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Children of Ralph CHENEY and Jerusha Drake GOODWIN

Mary Jane Robbins CHENEY

Born: 16 October 1835, Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Died: 14 February 1885, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Richard Otis Robbins CHENEY

Born: 1 March 1841, Rochester, New York, USA
Died: 14 November 1912, Manchester, Connecticut, USA

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Birth — 1806
13 January 1806
Manchester, Connecticut, USA

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - 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.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1833 Marriage / Partner
Ralph CHENEY and Jerusha Drake GOODWIN 14 October 1833,

He was 27 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Mary Jane Robbins CHENEY was born 16 October 1835, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)

Ralph was 29 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From 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.

1841 Birth of Child
Richard Otis Robbins CHENEY was born 1 March 1841, Rochester, New York, USA

Ralph was 35 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

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

1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jerusha Drake GOODWIN died 18 September 1869, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)

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 Death of Child
Mary Jane Robbins CHENEY died 14 February 1885, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ralph was 79 years old.

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

Grave

Cheney Cemetery Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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Death — 1897
26 March 1897
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 91.

Ralph CHENEY - Home Office Building, Cheney Brothers, Manchester, Conn. museumofcthistory.org The Cheney Brothers Silk Mills operated from 1830 into the 1970s, p

Home Office Building, Cheney Brothers, Manchester, Conn.
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The Cheney Brothers Silk Mills operated from 1830 into the 1970s, producing all types of products, from raw silk to finished material. Cheney dominated the market for over a century. From scarfs to parachutes, the silky fabric was all Manchester made.

The founding Cheney Brothers started the company as a single Hop Brook mill in the 1830s and watched it grow into the largest silk mill in the nation. journalinquirer.com

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