Charles GOODYEAR

Born

29 December 1800 , New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died

1 July 1860 , Manhattan, New York, USA

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Amasa GOODYEAR Cynthia BATEMAN

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Born: 29 December 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Father: Amasa GOODYEAR

Mother: Cynthia BATEMAN

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Charles married Clarissa BEECHER 25 August 1824 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Clarissa BEECHER was born 27 August 1804 in Connecticut, USA. Clarissa died 30 March 1853 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA .

Charles GOODYEAR died 1 July 1860 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

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Recorded occupation: American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber

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Charles GOODYEAR married

Clarissa BEECHER
Marriage date: 25 August 1824
Marriage place: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Children of Charles GOODYEAR and Clarissa BEECHER

Ellen M GOODYEAR

Born: abt. 1827, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 26 December 1883, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Cynthia GOODYEAR

Born: 11 October 1827, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 31 May 1860, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Clarissa GOODYEAR

Born: abt. 1830, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 14 December 1831, , Connecticut, USA

Charles GOODYEAR

Born: 1 January 1833, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 22 May 1896, Manhattan, New York, USA

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Birth — 1800
29 December 1800
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

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 Marriage / Partner
Charles GOODYEAR and Clarissa BEECHER 25 August 1824, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1827 Birth of Child
Cynthia GOODYEAR was born 11 October 1827, , Connecticut, USA

Charles was 26 years old.

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

1831 Death of Child
Clarissa GOODYEAR died 14 December 1831, , Connecticut, USA

Charles was 30 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Charles GOODYEAR was born 1 January 1833, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Charles was 32 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - Charles Goodyear produced first vulcanized rubber in Woburn

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

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

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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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Clarissa BEECHER died 30 March 1853, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

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

Death — 1860
1 July 1860
Manhattan, New York, USA
He died at the age of 59.

1885 - Men of Brains - Some of the Distinguished American Inventors

Charles Goodyear, inventor and patentee of the simple mixture of rubber and sulphur, the basis of the present great rubber industries throughout the world; born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1800; in 1839, by the accidental mixture of a bit of rubber and sulphur on a red-hot stove, he discovered the process of vulcanization. The Goodyear patents proved immensely profitable.

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The Daily Republican
Monogahela, Pennsylvania
January 20, 1885