David PORTER

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19 October 1793 , Bridgton, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

19 April 1874 ,

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David PORTER Huldah KIMBALL

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Born: 19 October 1793 in Bridgton, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: David PORTER

Mother: Huldah KIMBALL

Maternal grandparents: Asa KIMBALL , Hulda TAPLEY

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David married Catherine MCBANE 15 March 1826 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine MCBANE was born abt. 1797 in New Brunswick, Canada. Catherine died 6 April 1887 in Hodgdon, Maine, USA.

David PORTER died 19 April 1874
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David PORTER married

Catherine MCBANE
Marriage date: 15 March 1826
Marriage place: Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of David PORTER and Catherine MCBANE

Eber PORTER

Born: 1 September 1832, Boisetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sarah E BENN 1863

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Birth — 1793
19 October 1793
Bridgton, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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

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 Marriage / Partner
David PORTER and Catherine MCBANE 15 March 1826, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 32 years old.

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)

1832 Birth of Child
Eber PORTER was born 1 September 1832, Boisetown, New Brunswick, Canada

David was 38 years old.

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)

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.

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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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