Lewis PURINGTON

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8 August 1815 , Gorham, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

22 July 1899 ,

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Daniel PURINGTON Nancy CROCKETT

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Born: 8 August 1815 in Gorham, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: Daniel PURINGTON

Mother: Nancy CROCKETT

Paternal grandparents: David Abijah PURINGTON , Sarah DAVIS

Maternal grandparents: Peter CROCKETT , Mary "Polly" WARREN

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Lewis married Eliza PARKS 1 March 1844 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eliza PARKS was born 28 November 1825 in New Brunswick, Canada. Eliza died 7 May 1914 in New Brunswick, Canada.

Lewis PURINGTON died 22 July 1899
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Lewis PURINGTON married

Eliza PARKS
Marriage date: 1 March 1844
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Children of Lewis PURINGTON and Eliza PARKS

Daniel Holland PURINTON

Born: November 1844, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1918, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jane HARVEY 24 July 1873

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Birth — 1815
8 August 1815
Gorham, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Lewis PURINGTON and Eliza PARKS 1 March 1844,

He was 28 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Daniel Holland PURINTON was born November 1844, , New Brunswick, Canada

Lewis was 29 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

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

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

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

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

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

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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