Maria Louisa KISSAM

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24 June 1821 , Albany, New York, USA

Died

6 November 1890 , Scarborough, Westchester, New York, USA

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Samuel KISSAM Margaret Hamilton ADAMS

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Born: 24 June 1821 in Albany, New York, USA

Father: Samuel KISSAM

Mother: Margaret Hamilton ADAMS

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Maria Louisa married William Henry VANDERBILT 28 September 1841 in Bethlehem, Albany, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
William Henry VANDERBILT was born 8 May 1821 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. William Henry died 8 December 1885 in Manhattan, New York, USA . William Henry was the child of Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT and Sophia JOHNSON.

Maria Louisa KISSAM died 6 November 1890 in Scarborough, Westchester, New York, USA.

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William Henry VANDERBILT
Marriage date: 28 September 1841
Marriage place: Bethlehem, Albany, New York, USA
William Henry VANDERBILT was the child of Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT and Sophia JOHNSON

Children of William Henry VANDERBILT and Maria Louisa KISSAM

Cornelius VANDERBILT

Born: 27 November 1843, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 12 September 1899, Manhattan, New York, USA

Married: Alice Claypoole GWYNNE 7 February 1867 Place: Staten Island, New York, USA

Margaret Louisa "Maggie" VANDERBILT

Born: 23 July 1845, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 3 March 1924, Manhattan, New York, USA

Married: Elliott Fitch SHEPARD 1868

Allen VANDERBILT

Born: 11 December 1846, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 20 November 1847, Staten Island, New York, USA

William Kissam VANDERBILT

Born: 12 December 1849, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA
Died: 22 July 1920, Paris, France

Married: Alva Erskine SMITH 1875

Emily Thorne VANDERBILT

Born: 31 January 1852, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 29 July 1946, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

Florence Adele VANDERBILT

Born: 8 January 1854, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA
Died: 11 April 1952, Manhattan, New York, USA

Frederick William VANDERBILT

Born: 2 February 1856, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA
Died: 29 June 1938, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, USA

Eliza Osgood VANDERBILT

Born: 20 September 1860, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 10 July 1936, Shelburne, Vermont, USA

George Washington VANDERBILT

Born: 14 November 1862, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York, USA
Died: 6 March 1914, Washington, DC, USA

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Birth — 1821
24 June 1821
Albany, New York, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Maria Louisa KISSAM and William Henry VANDERBILT 28 September 1841, Bethlehem, Albany, New York, USA

She was 20 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Cornelius VANDERBILT was born 27 November 1843, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 22 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

1845 Birth of Child
Margaret Louisa "Maggie" VANDERBILT was born 23 July 1845, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 24 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Allen VANDERBILT was born 11 December 1846, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 25 years old.

1847 Death of Child
Allen VANDERBILT died 20 November 1847, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 26 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Birth of Child
William Kissam VANDERBILT was born 12 December 1849, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 28 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Emily Thorne VANDERBILT was born 31 January 1852, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 30 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Birth of Child
Florence Adele VANDERBILT was born 8 January 1854, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 32 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Frederick William VANDERBILT was born 2 February 1856, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 34 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Eliza Osgood VANDERBILT was born 20 September 1860, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 39 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
George Washington VANDERBILT was born 14 November 1862, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York, USA

Maria Louisa was 41 years old.

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Cornelius VANDERBILT married 7 February 1867, Staten Island, New York, USA to Alice Claypoole GWYNNE

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 - 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

1885 Death of Spouse/Partner
William Henry VANDERBILT died 8 December 1885, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

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

Death — 1890
6 November 1890
Scarborough, Westchester, New York, USA
She died at the age of 69.

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