Ezra BIGSBEY

(b. 17 November 1811 , New York, USA d. 2 January 1864 , Oxford, Massachusetts, USA )

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Ezra BIGSBEY was born 17 November 1811 in New York, USA

Ezra BIGSBEY was the child of ? and ?

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Ezra married Anna M KING 7 November 1840 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna M KING was born 18 January 1818 in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Anna M died 23 February 1904 in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA (Feltonville).

Ezra BIGSBEY died 2 January 1864 in Oxford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ezra BIGSBEY married

Anna M KING-- Date: 7 November 1840 Place: Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Ezra BIGSBEY and Anna M KING:

Theodesia D BIXBY (b.19 January 1849, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1933, )
m. Harrison Asahel BENNETT 11 September 1868 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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1811 Birth
17 November 1811
New York, USA

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

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.