Martha Choice DRAPER

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30 October 1812 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

21 January 1905 ,

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Josiah DRAPER Anna COLE

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Born: 30 October 1812 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Josiah DRAPER

Mother: Anna COLE

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Martha Choice married Levins GROVES abt. 1829 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Levins GROVES was born 4 January 1806 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville). Levins died 25 January 1890 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville). Levins was the child of Peter GROVES and Jemima ALLEN.

Martha Choice DRAPER died 21 January 1905
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Levins GROVES
Marriage date: abt. 1829
Marriage place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Levins GROVES was the child of Peter GROVES and Jemima ALLEN

Children of Levins GROVES and Martha Choice DRAPER

Sarah Eliza GROVES

Born: 20 September 1844, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 17 December 1899, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edward Hall DAVENPORT 12 March 1867 Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

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Birth — 1812
30 October 1812
Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

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)

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Sarah Eliza GROVES was born 20 September 1844, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

Martha Choice was 31 years old.

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)

1867 Marriage of Child
Sarah Eliza GROVES married 12 March 1867, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) to Edward Hall DAVENPORT

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Levins GROVES died 25 January 1890, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1899 Death of Child
Sarah Eliza GROVES died 17 December 1899, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

Martha Choice was 87 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

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