Rosina J SHERMAN

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abt. 1843 , Massachusetts, USA

Died

abt. 1929 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1843 in Massachusetts, USA

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Rosina J married Augustus Channing LAWTON 20 April 1871 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Augustus Channing LAWTON was born 1 December 1842 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . Augustus Channing died 23 January 1898 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . Augustus Channing was the child of John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP.

Rosina J SHERMAN died abt. 1929 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .

daughter of Kempton and Rosina A. Chace

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Rosina J SHERMAN married

Augustus Channing LAWTON
Marriage date: 20 April 1871
Marriage place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
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Augustus Channing LAWTON was the child of John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP

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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

name: Agustus C. Lawton

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event: Marriage

event date: 20 Apr 1871

event place: Westport, Massachusetts

gender: Male

age: 28

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estimated birth year: 1843

father: John

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mother: Julia A. Tripp

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spouse: Rosina J. Sherman

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spouse's father: Kempton

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spouse's mother: Rosina A. Chace

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record number: 200

film number: 1433029

digital folder number: 4279595

image number: 00514

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Children of Augustus Channing LAWTON and Rosina J SHERMAN

Mary Nelson LAWTON

Born: 14 March 1873, Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1967, Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Charles Dennis LUTHER 22 February 1913 Place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Edwin Dwelley LAWTON

Born: 4 January 1875, Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1945, Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Clarence Augustus LAWTON

Born: 10 January 1877, Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1962, Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Annie DEVOLL 25 August 1909 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Susan Ethel LAWTON

Born: 27 February 1880, Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1935, Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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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 - 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

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Rosina J SHERMAN and Augustus Channing LAWTON 20 April 1871, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1873 Birth of Child
Mary Nelson LAWTON was born 14 March 1873, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1875 Birth of Child
Edwin Dwelley LAWTON was born 4 January 1875, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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

1877 Birth of Child
Clarence Augustus LAWTON was born 10 January 1877, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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)

1880 Birth of Child
Susan Ethel LAWTON was born 27 February 1880, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustus Channing LAWTON died 23 January 1898, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1909 Marriage of Child
Clarence Augustus LAWTON married 25 August 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA to Mary Annie DEVOLL

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 Marriage of Child
Mary Nelson LAWTON married 22 February 1913, Westport, Massachusetts, USA to Charles Dennis LUTHER

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