Patience
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Born: 23 March 1796 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA
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Patience married Moses GILMAN 21 February 1815 in Dunham, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Moses GILMAN was born 29 April 1786 in Belmont, New Hampshire, USA. Moses died 12 December 1864
Patience SPENCER died 11 October 1883 in Brome, Quebec, Canada.
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Moses GILMANMarriage date: 21 February 1815
Marriage place: Dunham, Lower Canada
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Children of Moses GILMAN and Patience SPENCER
Mary Ann GILMANDied: 6 January 1901, , New York, USA
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Birth — 179623 March 1796
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA
1815 Marriage / PartnerPatience SPENCER and Moses GILMAN 21 February 1815, Dunham, Québec, Canada (Dunham Flats)
She was 18 years old.
1818 Birth of ChildMary Ann GILMAN was born 2 May 1818, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Patience was 22 years old.
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.
Death — 188311 October 1883
Brome, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 87.
Record added: 11/18/2025 1:31:28 PM
Last updated: 11/18/2025 1:31:52 PM
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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
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