Fred Ellsworth CORBIN

Born

18 May 1861 , Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Died

20 April 1940 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of Fred Ellsworth CORBIN

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Born: 18 May 1861 in Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Fred Ellsworth CORBIN

Father

William CORBIN

Mother

Eliza SCHOFIELD

Grandparents of Fred Ellsworth CORBIN

Paternal grandparents

Timothy CORBIN Ruth ALBEE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph SCHOFILED (SCHOLEFIELD) Elizabeth HOWARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Fred Ellsworth married Mary Edith CHENEY 26 December 1889 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Mary Edith CHENEY was born 31 March 1868 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Mary Edith died 10 November 1944 Mary Edith was the child of William Henry Harrison CHENEY and Mary Rebecca LYON.

Fred Ellsworth CORBIN died 20 April 1940 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Fred Ellsworth CORBIN

Fred Ellsworth CORBIN married

Mary Edith CHENEY
Marriage date: 26 December 1889
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Edith CHENEY was the child of William Henry Harrison CHENEY and Mary Rebecca LYON

Children of Fred Ellsworth CORBIN and Mary Edith CHENEY

Louise Bradford CORBIN

Born: 13 June 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 19 September 1969, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Donald Cheney CORBIN

Born: 31 December 1897, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 June 1981, Nassau, New York, USA

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Birth — 1861
18 May 1861
Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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)

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

1889 Marriage / Partner
Fred Ellsworth CORBIN and Mary Edith CHENEY 26 December 1889, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 28 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

1892 Birth of Child
Louise Bradford CORBIN was born 13 June 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Fred Ellsworth was 31 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Birth of Child
Donald Cheney CORBIN was born 31 December 1897, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Fred Ellsworth was 36 years old.

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

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification