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flag female ancestor  Sarah Elizabeth  BALLISTER

Born
24 March 1817 ,  Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
7 October 1897 ,  Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Born: 24 March 1817 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Sarah Elizabeth  married  Charles Theodore RUSSELL 1 June 1840 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Theodore RUSSELL  was born 20 November 1815 in Princeton, Massachusetts, USA.  Charles Theodore died 16 January 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 

Sarah Elizabeth BALLISTER died 7 October 1897 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.



daughter of Joseph Ballister and Sarah Yendall

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Spouse & Children of Sarah Elizabeth BALLISTER

Sarah Elizabeth BALLISTER married flag male ancestor Charles Theodore RUSSELL
Marriage date: 1 June 1840
Marriage place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Charles Theodore RUSSELL and Sarah Elizabeth BALLISTER

flag photo of William Eustis RUSSELL  William Eustis RUSSELL
Born: 6 January 1857, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 July 1896, Sainte-Adelaide-de-Pabos, Quebec, Canada

Married: Margaret Manning SWAN 3 June 1885   Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA



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BirthBirth — 1817
24 March 1817
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - 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.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
marriage1840 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Elizabeth BALLISTER and Charles Theodore RUSSELL 1 June 1840, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

She was 23 years old.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
1857 Birth of Child
William Eustis RUSSELL was born 6 January 1857, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Elizabeth was 39 years old.
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
marriage1885 Marriage of Child
William Eustis RUSSELL married 3 June 1885, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA to Margaret Manning SWAN
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
Invention 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
U.S. President1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
1896 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles Theodore RUSSELL died 16 January 1896, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1896 Death of Child
William Eustis RUSSELL died 16 July 1896, Sainte-Adelaide-de-Pabos, Quebec, Canada

Sarah Elizabeth was 79 years old.
DeathDeath — 1897
7 October 1897
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 80.
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