Nicholas GROUSBECK

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27 July 1794 , Schaghticoke, New York, USA

Died

8 July 1881 , Searsburg, Vermont, USA

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Born: 27 July 1794 in Schaghticoke, New York, USA

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Nicholas married Lucy DAY 14 June 1814 . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Lucy DAY was born 13 August 1791 in Marlboro, Vermont, USA (New Marlborough) (Ames Hill). Lucy died 7 November 1872 in Searsburg, Vermont, USA.

Nicholas GROUSBECK died 8 July 1881 in Searsburg, Vermont, USA.
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Lucy DAY
Marriage date: 14 June 1814
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Children of Nicholas GROUSBECK and Lucy DAY

Sarah A GROUSBECK

Born: 19 April 1819, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 30 June 1846,

George W GROUSBECK (GROESBECK)

Born: 12 May 1821, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 12 December 1895, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Sarah L CROSIER 25 November 1850 Place: Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Phebe Ann GROUSBECK

Born: 8 May 1823, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 25 November 1848, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Lucy Day GROUSBECK

Born: 12 October 1825, Palantine Bridge, Montgomery, New York, USA
Died: 6 November 1892, Southampton, Massachusetts, USA

Maria A GROUSBECK

Born: 3 May 1827, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 22 March 1894, Readsboro, Vermont, USA

William W GROUSBECK

Born: 27 February 1829, , Vermont, USA
Died: 5 September 1851, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

David C GROUSBECK

Born: 30 June 1832, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 25 April 1911, Creswell, Lane, Oregon, USA

Foster GROUSBECK

Born: 6 July 1835, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 14 February 1913, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1794
27 July 1794
Schaghticoke, New York, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1814 Marriage / Partner
Nicholas GROUSBECK and Lucy DAY 14 June 1814,

He was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1819 Birth of Child
Sarah A GROUSBECK was born 19 April 1819, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 24 years old.

1821 Birth of Child
George W GROUSBECK (GROESBECK) was born 12 May 1821, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 26 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Phebe Ann GROUSBECK was born 8 May 1823, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 28 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Lucy Day GROUSBECK was born 12 October 1825, Palantine Bridge, Montgomery, New York, USA

Nicholas was 31 years old.

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.

1827 Birth of Child
Maria A GROUSBECK was born 3 May 1827, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 32 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
William W GROUSBECK was born 27 February 1829, , Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 34 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
David C GROUSBECK was born 30 June 1832, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 37 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Foster GROUSBECK was born 6 July 1835, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 40 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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

1848 Death of Child
Phebe Ann GROUSBECK died 25 November 1848, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 54 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1850 Marriage of Child
George W GROUSBECK (GROESBECK) married 25 November 1850, Searsburg, Vermont, USA to Sarah L CROSIER

1851 Death of Child
William W GROUSBECK died 5 September 1851, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Nicholas was 57 years old.

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.

1872 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lucy DAY died 7 November 1872, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

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)

Death — 1881
8 July 1881
Searsburg, Vermont, USA
He died at the age of 87.

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1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
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