Sylvia Ann WHEELOCK

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3 February 1815 , Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

3 February 1855 , Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 3 February 1815 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Sylvia Ann married Moses TAFT 27 April 1834 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Moses TAFT was born 26 January 1812 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge). Moses died 2 April 1893 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge). Moses was the child of Luke TAFT and Nancy WOOD.

Sylvia Ann WHEELOCK died 3 February 1855 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Sylvia Ann WHEELOCK married

Moses TAFT
Marriage date: 27 April 1834
Marriage place: Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Moses TAFT was the child of Luke TAFT and Nancy WOOD

Children of Moses TAFT and Sylvia Ann WHEELOCK

Susan Hortense TAFT

Born: 5 January 1843, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 January 1878, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: William Edwin HAYWARD 1868

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Birth — 1815
3 February 1815
Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Sylvia Ann WHEELOCK and Moses TAFT 27 April 1834, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge)

She was 19 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 - 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Susan Hortense TAFT was born 5 January 1843, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge)

Sylvia Ann was 27 years old.

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