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flag female ancestor  Mary Jane  STILLWELL

Born
6 September 1855 ,  New Jersey, USA
Died
9 August 1884 ,  Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA
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Born: 6 September 1855 in New Jersey, USA

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Mary Jane  married  Thomas Alva EDISON 25 December 1871 in Newark, New Jersey, USA .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thomas Alva EDISON  was born 11 February 1847 in Milan, Ohio, USA.  Thomas Alva died 18 October 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey, USA.  Thomas Alva was the child of Samuel Ogden EDISON and Nancy MATTHEWS.

Mary Jane STILLWELL died 9 August 1884 in Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA.



daughter of Nicholas Stillwell and Margaret Crane

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Spouse & Children of Mary Jane STILLWELL

Mary Jane STILLWELL married flag photo of Thomas Alva EDISON  Thomas Alva EDISON
Marriage date: 25 December 1871
Marriage place: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Thomas Alva EDISON was the child of Samuel Ogden EDISON and Nancy MATTHEWS

Children of Thomas Alva EDISON and Mary Jane STILLWELL

flag female ancestor Marion Estelle "Dot" EDISON
Born: 18 February 1872, , New Jersey, USA
Died: 16 April 1965, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA


flag male ancestor Thomas Alva EDISON
Born: 10 January 1876, Edison, New Jersey, USA
Died: 25 August 1935, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA


flag male ancestor William Leslie EDISON
Born: 3 October 1878, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA
Died: 10 August 1937, Wilmington, Delaware, USA




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BirthBirth — 1855
6 September 1855
New Jersey, USA
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
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.
marriage1871 Marriage / Partner
Mary Jane STILLWELL and Thomas Alva EDISON 25 December 1871, Newark, New Jersey, USA

She was 16 years old.
1872 Birth of Child
Marion Estelle "Dot" EDISON was born 18 February 1872, , New Jersey, USA

Mary Jane was 16 years old.
1876 Birth of Child
Thomas Alva EDISON was born 10 January 1876, Edison, New Jersey, USA (Raritan)

Mary Jane was 20 years old.
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.
1878 Birth of Child
William Leslie EDISON was born 3 October 1878, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA

Mary Jane was 23 years old.
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.
DeathDeath — 1884
9 August 1884
Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA
She died at the age of 28.
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