Frank Armstrong CRAWFORD

Born

18 January 1839 , Mobile, Alabama, USA

Died

4 May 1885 , Staten Island, New York, USA

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Robert Leighton CRAWFORD Martha Eliza EVERETT

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Born: 18 January 1839 in Mobile, Alabama, USA

Father: Robert Leighton CRAWFORD

Mother: Martha Eliza EVERETT

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Frank Armstrong married Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT 21 August 1869 in London, Ontario, Canada . Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT was born 27 May 1794 in Port Richmond, Richmond, New York, USA. Cornelius "The Commodore" died 4 January 1877 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Cornelius "The Commodore" was the child of Cornelius VAN DERBILT and Phebe HAND.

Frank Armstrong CRAWFORD died 4 May 1885 in Staten Island, New York, USA.

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Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT
Marriage date: 21 August 1869
Marriage place: London, Ontario, Canada
Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT was the child of Cornelius VAN DERBILT and Phebe HAND

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Birth — 1839
18 January 1839
Mobile, Alabama, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Frank Armstrong CRAWFORD and Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT 21 August 1869, London, Ontario, Canada

She was 30 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Cornelius "The Commodore" VANDERBILT died 4 January 1877, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

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)

Death — 1885
4 May 1885
Staten Island, New York, USA
She died at the age of 46.

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