Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON

(b. 11 March 1832 , Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 December 1903 , Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON was born 11 March 1832 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON was the child of John PLIMPTON and Melicent FISKE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Henry FISKE and Sarah FISKE

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Matilda Fiske married Levi Badger CHASE 18 October 1858 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Levi Badger CHASE was born 24 October 1833 in Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA (East Canterbury). Levi Badger died 18 February 1931 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale).

Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON died 12 December 1903 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

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Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON married

Levi Badger CHASE-- Date: 18 October 1858 Place: Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Levi Badger CHASE and Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON:

Mary Martha CHASE (b.26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 November 1912, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Herbert Blake HOOKER 10 November 1886 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Miliscent Fiske CHASE (b.26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1935, )

Nora Amy CHASE (b.3 July 1863, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 July 1878, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Nellie Matilda CHASE (b.13 October 1868, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1943, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Clara Plimpton CHASE (b.23 March 1871, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1947, )

Florence Elizabeth CHASE (b.25 September 1875, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 March 1922, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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1832 Birth
11 March 1832
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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

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

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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.

1858 Marriage / Partner
Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON and Levi Badger CHASE 18 October 1858, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

She was 26 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

1861 Birth of Child
Mary Martha CHASE was born 26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 29 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Miliscent Fiske CHASE was born 26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 29 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Nora Amy CHASE was born 3 July 1863, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 31 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)

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Nellie Matilda CHASE was born 13 October 1868, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 36 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Clara Plimpton CHASE was born 23 March 1871, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 39 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Florence Elizabeth CHASE was born 25 September 1875, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Matilda Fiske was 43 years old.

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

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.