Polly GREEN

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2 February 1819 , Whitingham, Vermont, USA

Died

28 January 1893 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 2 February 1819 in Whitingham, Vermont, USA

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Polly married Jonathan CARLEY 5 September 1837 in Whitingham, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jonathan CARLEY was born 21 April 1816 in Whitingham, Vermont, USA (Jacksonville). Jonathan died 14 January 1857 in Searsburg, Vermont, USA.

Polly GREEN died 28 January 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Polly GREEN married

Jonathan CARLEY
Marriage date: 5 September 1837
Marriage place: Whitingham, Vermont, USA

Children of Jonathan CARLEY and Polly GREEN

Alfred CARLEY

Born: 13 December 1838, Whitingham, Vermont, USA
Died: 24 March 1840, Whitingham, Vermont, USA

Rufus Worthington CARLEY

Born: 26 July 1840, Whitingham, Vermont, USA
Died: 25 December 1888, Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA

Hariett Aurora CARLEY

Born: 28 February 1842, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: ,

Alfred Green CARLEY

Born: 14 January 1847, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: abt. 1928,

Married: Maria Augusta STEVENSON 14 January 1875 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Herbert Henry CARLEY

Born: 18 February 1850, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 8 January 1879, Springfield, Illinois, USA

Amanda Clara CARLEY

Born: 4 December 1853, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 17 December 1939,

Eli Winthrop CARLEY

Born: 22 May 1857, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 21 December 1928, Ayer, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1819
2 February 1819
Whitingham, Vermont, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Polly GREEN and Jonathan CARLEY 5 September 1837, Whitingham, Vermont, USA (Jacksonville)

She was 18 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
Alfred CARLEY was born 13 December 1838, Whitingham, Vermont, USA (Jacksonville)

Polly was 19 years old.

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

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.

1840 Death of Child
Alfred CARLEY died 24 March 1840, Whitingham, Vermont, USA (Jacksonville)

Polly was 21 years old.

1840 Birth of Child
Rufus Worthington CARLEY was born 26 July 1840, Whitingham, Vermont, USA (Jacksonville)

Polly was 21 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Birth of Child
Hariett Aurora CARLEY was born 28 February 1842, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Polly was 23 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)

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

1847 Birth of Child
Alfred Green CARLEY was born 14 January 1847, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Polly was 27 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Birth of Child
Herbert Henry CARLEY was born 18 February 1850, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Polly was 31 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Birth of Child
Amanda Clara CARLEY was born 4 December 1853, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Polly was 34 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jonathan CARLEY died 14 January 1857, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Eli Winthrop CARLEY was born 22 May 1857, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Polly was 38 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Alfred Green CARLEY married 14 January 1875, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Maria Augusta STEVENSON

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)

1879 Death of Child
Herbert Henry CARLEY died 8 January 1879, Springfield, Illinois, USA

Polly was 59 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)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Death of Child
Rufus Worthington CARLEY died 25 December 1888, Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA (Shelburne Falls)

Polly was 69 years old.