Margaret
TOMPKINS
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Born: abt. 1804 in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Margaret married Joseph Barton DAVENPORT abt. 1839 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Barton DAVENPORT was born abt. 1798 in Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Joseph Barton was the child of Gabriel DAVENPORT and Abigail WOLVERTON.
Margaret TOMPKINS died 28 August 1892 in Mars Hill, Maine, USA.
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Spouse & Children of Margaret TOMPKINS
Joseph Barton DAVENPORTMarriage date: abt. 1839
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Joseph Barton DAVENPORT was the child of Gabriel DAVENPORT and Abigail WOLVERTON
Children of Joseph Barton DAVENPORT and Margaret TOMPKINS
Frances Audrey DAVENPORTDied: June 1917, Aroostook, Maine, USA
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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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, 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
Death — 189228 August 1892
Mars Hill, Maine, USA
Record added: 10/21/2025 1:37:01 PM
Last updated: 12/3/2025 4:44:23 PM
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