Electa SEARS

(b. 18 April 1848 , Vermont, USA d. 15 January 1927 , Burlington, Vermont, USA )

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Electa SEARS was born 18 April 1848 in Vermont, USA

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Electa married Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) 10 December 1869 in Shelburne, Vermont, USA . Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) was born 10 October 1834 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Jedediah Gedeon died 30 July 1908 in Middlebury, Vermont, USA (East Middlebury) (Farmingdale). Jedediah Gedeon was the child of Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE).

Electa SEARS died 15 January 1927 in Burlington, Vermont, USA.

daughter Franklin Sears and Sophronia Tatro

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Electa SEARS married

Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT)-- Date: 10 December 1869 Place: Shelburne, Vermont, USA

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Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) was the child of Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE)

Name: Jedediah Brow
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Dec 1869
Event Place: Shelburne, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
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Father's Name: Jedediah Brow
Mother's Name: Mary Cushman
Spouse's Name: Electa Sears
Spouse's Gender: Female
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GS Film Number: 27489
Digital Folder Number: 004542965
Image Number: 00899

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 2 September 2015), Jedediah Brow and Electa Sears, 10 Dec 1869, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,489.

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1848 Birth
18 April 1848
Vermont, USA

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

Monkton, Addison, Vermont
Name: Electa Sears
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Monkton, Addison, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Household ID: 192
House Number: 190
Line Number: 36
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 920
GS Film Number: 27446
Digital Folder Number: 004191106
Image Number: 00551

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Fransis Sears M 22 Vermont
Sophia Sears F 26 Canada
Electa Sears F 1 Vermont
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont
Name: Electa Sears
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Shelburn, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Page: 134
Household ID: 969
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 805319
Digital Folder Number: 004297347
Image Number: 00532

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Trank Sears M 29 Vermont
Sophrona Sears F 33 Vermont
Electa Sears F 11 Vermont
Mary Sears F 9 Vermont
Joseph Sears M 7 Vermont
Minerva Sears F 3 Vermont
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Electa SEARS and Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) 10 December 1869, Shelburne, Vermont, USA

She was 21 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.

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.

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

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the 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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

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

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

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)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jedediah Gedeon BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) died 30 July 1908, Middlebury, Vermont, USA (East Middlebury) (Farmingdale)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Electa Sears Browe
[Electa Sears Sears]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1848
Birth Place: Vermont
Residence Place: Burlington
Death Date: 15 Jan 1927
Death Place: Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
Father: Frank Sears
Mother: Sophronia
[Sophronia Tatro]
Cause of Death: Senile Dementia
Vital Event Type: Certificate of Death

Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008; User Box Number: PR-01560; Roll Number: S-30674; Archive Number: M-1983929