Edward WALSH

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5 July 1861 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Died

18 December 1884 , Princeton, Massachusetts, USA

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Patrick WALSH Mary Ann CROSSEN (CROSSIN)

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Born: 5 July 1861 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Patrick WALSH

Mother: Mary Ann CROSSEN (CROSSIN)

Paternal grandparents: Patrick WALSH , Julia HALEY (HEALY)

Edward WALSH died 18 December 1884 in Princeton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth
Name: Edward Welch
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 08 Sep 1861
Birthplace: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: Patrick Welch
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Mother's Name: Mary A. Welch
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01256-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2313271
Reference ID: 61

Citing this Record:
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F4P1-CQS : accessed 31 January 2016), Edward Welch, 08 Sep 1861; citing Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, 61; FHL microfilm 2,313,271.
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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)

1865 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Edward Welch
Age (Expanded): 3 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status:
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 11
Line Number: 4
GS Film number: 0954381
Digital Folder Number: 4286761
Image Number: 00374

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Patrick Welch M 47y Ireland
Mary A Welch F 45y Ireland
James Welch M 14y Massachusetts
John Welch M 12y Massachusetts
Agnes Welch F 10y Massachusetts
William Welch M 8y Massachusetts
Mary Welch F 6y Massachusetts
Edward Welch M 3y Massachusetts
1865 Massachusetts Census
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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 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Edward Walsh
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860-1861
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 88
Household ID: 735
Line Number: 12
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552153
Digital Folder Number: 004271395
Image Number: 00093

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Patrick Walsh M 50 Ireland
Mary A Walsh F 48 Ireland
James Walsh M 19 Massachusetts
John Walsh M 17 Massachusetts
Agnes Walsh F 14 Massachusetts
William Walsh M 13 Massachusetts
Mary Walsh F 11 Massachusetts
Edward Walsh M 9 Massachusetts
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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.

Death
Name: Edward Walsh
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Dec 1884
Event Place: Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Leominster
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Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Brakeman
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
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Reference ID: v 357 p 439
GS Film number: 960227
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Digital Folder Number: 4223251
Image Number: 465

Citing this Record:
'Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915,' database with images, FamilySearch.org