Maria Lydia HUNT

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29 December 1812 , Hancock, New Hampshire, USA

Died

13 March 1883 , Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

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Born: 29 December 1812 in Hancock, New Hampshire, USA

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Maria Lydia married Reuben WARD 17 May 1840 in Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Reuben WARD was born 3 December 1808 in Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA. Reuben died 26 January 1902 in Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA. Reuben was the child of Reuben WARD and Rebecca COOLIDGE.

Maria Lydia HUNT died 13 March 1883 in Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA.
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Reuben WARD
Marriage date: 17 May 1840
Marriage place: Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Reuben WARD was the child of Reuben WARD and Rebecca COOLIDGE

Children of Reuben WARD and Maria Lydia HUNT

Frederick Elbridge WARD

Born: 10 April 1841, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 7 May 1864, , New Hampshire, USA

Henry Hubbard WARD

Born: 4 September 1842, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: abt. 1926, Keene, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Martha A COLLINS 1 May 1871 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Orville Allen WARD

Born: 8 March 1845, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 11 June 1916, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Adelza Marie WARD

Born: 9 July 1847, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 12 December 1917, Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Harry W ROBINSON 20 August 1886 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Frank P WARD

Born: 27 August 1848, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 11 December 1877, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Louisa A WARD

Born: 15 September 1851, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 9 November 1851, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Erwin E WARD

Born: 8 October 1852, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 7 August 1937, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Emma F WHITE 26 April 1876 Place: Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Charles Coolidge WARD

Born: 1 April 1855, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 17 June 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lilla Mahalie WARD

Born: 15 October 1857, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 29 January 1946, Keene, New Hampshire, USA

Nellie J WARD

Born: 15 June 1863, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 22 September 1863, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

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Birth — 1812
29 December 1812
Hancock, New Hampshire, USA

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

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

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

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

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

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1840 Marriage / Partner
Maria Lydia HUNT and Reuben WARD 17 May 1840, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

She was 27 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Frederick Elbridge WARD was born 10 April 1841, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 28 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Henry Hubbard WARD was born 4 September 1842, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 29 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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1845 Birth of Child
Orville Allen WARD was born 8 March 1845, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 32 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Adelza Marie WARD was born 9 July 1847, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 34 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Frank P WARD was born 27 August 1848, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 35 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Birth of Child
Louisa A WARD was born 15 September 1851, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 38 years old.

1852 Birth of Child
Erwin E WARD was born 8 October 1852, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 39 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Birth of Child
Charles Coolidge WARD was born 1 April 1855, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 42 years old.

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

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1857 Birth of Child
Lilla Mahalie WARD was born 15 October 1857, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 44 years old.

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

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Nellie J WARD was born 15 June 1863, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 50 years old.

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)

1864 Death of Child
Frederick Elbridge WARD died 7 May 1864, , New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 51 years old.

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Henry Hubbard WARD married 1 May 1871, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) to Martha A COLLINS

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

1876 Marriage of Child
Erwin E WARD married 26 April 1876, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA to Emma F WHITE

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.

1877 Death of Child
Frank P WARD died 11 December 1877, Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA

Maria Lydia was 64 years old.

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.

Death — 1883
13 March 1883
Marlborough, New Hampshire, USA
She died at the age of 70.

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