Cordelia
PALMER
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Born: 25 May 1826 in New York, USA
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Cordelia married Michael M MCDOWELL 17 September 1857 in Hillsdale, Michigan, USA . Michael M MCDOWELL was born 10 September 1812 in Perryopolis, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cordelia PALMER died 10 March 1901 in Jackson, Michigan, USA.
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Michael M MCDOWELLMarriage date: 17 September 1857
Marriage place: Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
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Birth — 182625 May 1826
New York, USA
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.
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)
1857 Marriage / PartnerCordelia PALMER and Michael M MCDOWELL 17 September 1857, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
She was 31 years old.
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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
Death — 190110 March 1901
Jackson, Michigan, USA
She died at the age of 74.
Record added: 8/18/2026 1:49:44 PM
Last updated: 8/18/2026 1:54:21 PM
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