Olive CLARK

Born

5 November 1801 , Penobscot, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

18 March 1873 ,

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Ichabod CLARK Mary LANCASTER

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Olive CLARK was born 5 November 1801 in Penobscot, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Olive CLARK was the child of Ichabod CLARK and Mary LANCASTER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CLARK and Jean BORLAND (maternal) Elihu LANCASTER and Mary TUCK

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Olive married Job HOLT abt. 1820 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Job HOLT was born 22 September 1797 in Bangor, Maine, USA. Job died 15 June 1854 in Hermon, Maine, USA. Job was the child of William HOLT and Lucy HUTCHINS.

Olive CLARK died 18 March 1873
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Olive CLARK married

Job HOLT-- Date: abt. 1820 Place:
Job HOLT was the child of William HOLT and Lucy HUTCHINS

Children of Job HOLT and Olive CLARK

Eliza Rae HOLT (b.18 January 1826, Hermon, Maine, USA d. 19 February 1893, Hermon, Maine, USA)
m. George Asbury KELLEY 1842 in Hermon, Maine, USA

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1801 Birth
5 November 1801
Penobscot, 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Eliza Rae HOLT was born 18 January 1826, Hermon, Maine, USA

Olive was 24 years old.

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)

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)

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Job HOLT died 15 June 1854, Hermon, Maine, USA

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.

Added: 2/28/2026 2:20:47 PM - Updated: 2/28/2026 2:22:00 PM

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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