Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS

Born

6 July 1806 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

14 January 1891 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 6 July 1806 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Eleanor Jameson married Walter BAKER 14 May 1840 in Rockdale, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Walter BAKER was born 28 June 1792 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA . Walter died 7 May 1852 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA . Walter was the child of Edmund BAKER and Sarah HOWE.

Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS died 14 January 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS

Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS married

Walter BAKER
Marriage date: 14 May 1840
Marriage place: Rockdale, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Walter BAKER was the child of Edmund BAKER and Sarah HOWE

Children of Walter BAKER and Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS

Eleanor Williams BAKER

Born: 21 September 1841, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 29 March 1845, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Anna Gurney Buxton BAKER

Born: 30 November 1843, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 11 July 1846,

Robert Williams BAKER

Born: 1 October 1845,
Died: 6 November 1846,

Edith BAKER

Born: 8 January 1850,
Died: July 1854, Rockingham, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1806
6 July 1806
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

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

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 Marriage / Partner
Eleanor Jameson WILLIAMS and Walter BAKER 14 May 1840, Rockdale, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 33 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Eleanor Williams BAKER was born 21 September 1841, , Massachusetts, USA

Eleanor Jameson was 35 years old.

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
Anna Gurney Buxton BAKER was born 30 November 1843, , Massachusetts, USA

Eleanor Jameson was 37 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 Death of Child
Eleanor Williams BAKER died 29 March 1845, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Eleanor Jameson was 38 years old.

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

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Walter BAKER died 7 May 1852, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Death of Child
Edith BAKER died July 1854, Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport)

Eleanor Jameson was 48 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

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.