Augusta R LEYRER

(b. abt. 1862 , Manhattan, New York, USA d. 7 December 1891 , Brooklyn, New York, USA )

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Jacob Friedrich LEYRER Dorothea "Dora" GIMLICH

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Augusta R LEYRER was born abt. 1862 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Augusta R LEYRER was the child of Jacob Friedrich LEYRER and Dorothea "Dora" GIMLICH and the grandchild of: (maternal) Georg Jacob GIMLICH (GEMLICH) and Mary (Anna Maria) LANGE GREIBER (LEDIG)

Augusta R LEYRER died 7 December 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USA .

m. 16 Jun 1881 • Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
August Grototzky
(1858–1887)

m. 5 Apr 1885 • Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Felix Messerschmidt
(1857–)

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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 marriage
Connecticut Marriages, 1729-1867

groom's name: August Grototzky
groom's birth date: 1855
groom's birthplace: Stein, Westpreussen
groom's age: 26
bride's name: Augusta Leyrer
bride's birth date: 1862
bride's birthplace: New York City
bride's age: 19
marriage date: 16 Jun 1881
marriage place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
groom's father's name: Michael Grototzky
groom's mother's name: Louisa Rippert
bride's father's name: Jacob Leyrer
bride's mother's name: Dorothea
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indexing project (batch) number: M54043-1
system origin: Connecticut-EASy
source film number: 1011954
reference number:
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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