Eudora Myrtilla PHELPS

(b. 12 October 1849 , Waltham, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 December 1927 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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Eudora Myrtilla PHELPS was born 12 October 1849 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

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Eudora Myrtilla married Albert Stanwood BURNHAM abt. 1874 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Albert Stanwood BURNHAM was born 25 September 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Albert Stanwood died 17 January 1917 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach).

Eudora Myrtilla PHELPS died 6 December 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Eudora Myrtilla PHELPS married

Albert Stanwood BURNHAM-- Date: abt. 1874 Place: Revere, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Albert Stanwood BURNHAM and Eudora Myrtilla PHELPS:

Clara Estelle BURNHAM (b.14 September 1875, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 April 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

Andrew Phelps BURNHAM (b.31 July 1880, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 November 1880, Revere, Massachusetts, USA )

Florence Edwina "Winnie" BURNHAM (b.24 June 1882, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 October 1972, Huntington, West Virginia, USA)

Helen Louise BURNHAM (b.24 August 1885, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 November 1986, Tampa, Florida, USA)

Marion Augusta BURNHAM (b.20 June 1888, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 January 1972, Cabell, West Virginia, USA)

Eudora "Dora" BURNHAM (b.3 August 1894, Revere, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 October 1991, Huntington, West Virginia, USA)

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1849 Birth
12 October 1849
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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
Clara Estelle BURNHAM was born 14 September 1875, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 25 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)

1880 Birth of Child
Andrew Phelps BURNHAM was born 31 July 1880, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 30 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.

1882 Birth of Child
Florence Edwina "Winnie" BURNHAM was born 24 June 1882, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 32 years old.

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

1885 Birth of Child
Helen Louise BURNHAM was born 24 August 1885, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 35 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Marion Augusta BURNHAM was born 20 June 1888, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 38 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
Eudora "Dora" BURNHAM was born 3 August 1894, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach)

Eudora Myrtilla was 44 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call