Evelyn Clara BRIGGS

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24 August 1852 , Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Died

27 March 1900 , Plainfield, Connecticut, USA

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Born: 24 August 1852 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Father: Unknown

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Evelyn Clara married Floyd CRANSKA 3 October 1877 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Floyd CRANSKA was born 16 September 1849 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA . Floyd died 3 February 1920 in Miami, Florida, USA. Floyd was the child of James CRANSKA and Asenath Ann RANDALL.

Evelyn Clara BRIGGS died 27 March 1900 in Plainfield, Connecticut, USA .
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Evelyn Clara BRIGGS married

Floyd CRANSKA
Marriage date: 3 October 1877
Marriage place: Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Floyd CRANSKA was the child of James CRANSKA and Asenath Ann RANDALL

Children of Floyd CRANSKA and Evelyn Clara BRIGGS

Annie Louise CRANSKA

Born: 13 January 1875, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Died: 2 July 1963, Franklin, Vermont, USA

Lucius Briggs CRANSKA

Born: 3 January 1880, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 2 July 1962, , Rhode Island, USA

Caroline M CRANSKA

Born: 18 April 1884, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 24 March 1889, , Connecticut, USA

Harriet Atwood CRANSKA

Born: 24 June 1886, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
Died: 25 August 1980, Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA

Evelyn Clara CRANSKA

Born: 6 July 1888, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA
Died: 16 June 1968, Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Floyd CRANSKA

Born: 25 June 1890, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 6 November 1894, , Connecticut, USA

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Birth — 1852
24 August 1852
Thompson, Connecticut, USA

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 - 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.

1875 Birth of Child
Annie Louise CRANSKA was born 13 January 1875, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Evelyn Clara was 22 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage / Partner
Evelyn Clara BRIGGS and Floyd CRANSKA 3 October 1877, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

She was 25 years old.

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)

1880 Birth of Child
Lucius Briggs CRANSKA was born 3 January 1880, , Connecticut, USA

Evelyn Clara was 27 years old.

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Caroline M CRANSKA was born 18 April 1884, , Connecticut, USA

Evelyn Clara was 31 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Harriet Atwood CRANSKA was born 24 June 1886, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville)

Evelyn Clara was 33 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Evelyn Clara CRANSKA was born 6 July 1888, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville)

Evelyn Clara was 35 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States