Margaret MCCREDY

Born

30 September 1841 , New Rochelle, New York, USA

Died

4 April 1887 , Manhattan, New York, USA

Margaret married Robert Augustus, Sir CHESEBROUGH 28 April 1864 in New Rochelle, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Robert Augustus, Sir CHESEBROUGH was born 9 January 1837 in London, England. Robert Augustus, Sir died 8 September 1933 in Spring Lake, New Jersey, USA.

Parents & Family of Margaret MCCREDY

Parents of Margaret MCCREDY

Father

Dennis MCREADY

Mother

Lavinia WOLBERT

Grandparents of Margaret MCCREDY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Margaret MCCREDY

Margaret MCCREDY married

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Robert Augustus, Sir CHESEBROUGH
Marriage date: 28 April 1864
Marriage place: New Rochelle, New York, USA

Children of Robert Augustus, Sir CHESEBROUGH and Margaret MCCREDY

Robert Maxwell CHESEBROUGH

Born: 6 February 1865, New Rochelle, New York, USA
Died: 4 June 1910, London, England

William Henry CHESEBROUGH

Born: 17 August 1866, New Rochelle, New York, USA
Died: 3 December 1917, Manhattan, New York, USA

Augustine CHESEBROUGH

Born: 1 April 1868, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 16 July 1868, Manhattan, New York, USA

Frederick Woodhull CHESEBROUGH

Born: 8 August 1870, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 30 September 1938, Washington, New York, USA

Marion Maxwell CHESEBROUGH

Born: 3 January 1873, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 22 May 1961, Washington, New York, USA

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Birth — 1841
30 September 1841
New Rochelle, New York, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Margaret MCCREDY and Robert Augustus, Sir CHESEBROUGH 28 April 1864, New Rochelle, New York, USA

She was 22 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Robert Maxwell CHESEBROUGH was born 6 February 1865, New Rochelle, New York, USA

Margaret was 23 years old.

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.

1866 Birth of Child
William Henry CHESEBROUGH was born 17 August 1866, New Rochelle, New York, USA

Margaret was 24 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Augustine CHESEBROUGH was born 1 April 1868, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Margaret was 26 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.

1870 Birth of Child
Frederick Woodhull CHESEBROUGH was born 8 August 1870, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Margaret was 28 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Marion Maxwell CHESEBROUGH was born 3 January 1873, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Margaret was 31 years old.

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

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled