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Mary Eliza MCGREGORY

(b. 27 September 1848 , Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 June 1924 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Mary Eliza MCGREGORY was born 27 September 1848 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Eliza MCGREGORY was the child of John MCGREGORY and Emily Esther MASON

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Mary Eliza married George Washington WELLS 25 September 1869 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children. George Washington WELLS was born 15 April 1846 in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA. George Washington died 30 September 1912 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). George Washington was the child of John Ward WELLS and Maria CHENEY.

Mary Eliza MCGREGORY died 19 June 1924 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Mary Eliza MCGREGORY married

George Washington WELLS-- Date: 25 September 1869 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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George Washington WELLS was the child of John Ward WELLS and Maria CHENEY

Name: George W. Wells
Birth Date: 1846
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Age: 23
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Mcgregory
Spouse's Birth Date: 1847
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Spouse's Age: 22
Event Date: 25 Sep 1869
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Father's Name: John W. Wells
Mother's Name: Maria
Spouse's Father's Name: Dr. John Mcgregory
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emily
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01160-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2047599
Reference ID: 47

"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FHV1-SSL : accessed 23 Dec 2013), George W. Wells and Mary E. Mcgregory, 25 Sep 1869.

Children of George Washington WELLS and Mary Eliza MCGREGORY:

Channing Mcgregory WELLS (b.13 April 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 January 1959, Riverside, California, USA)
m. Irene Burt KELLEY 9 November 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Albert Bacheller WELLS (b.19 November 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 March 1953, San Diego, California, USA)
m. Ethel BURNHAM 18 April 1900 in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Joel Cheney WELLS (b.11 November 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 January 1960, San Diego, California, USA)
m. Florence Winifred MORSE 20 November 1901
m. Marion HOLLISTER 20 July 1942

Mary Elizabeth WELLS (b.5 May 1878, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 December 1921, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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1848 Birth
27 September 1848
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

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 Marriage / Partner
Mary Eliza MCGREGORY and George Washington WELLS 25 September 1869, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 21 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Birth of Child
Channing Mcgregory WELLS was born 13 April 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Mary Eliza was 21 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Albert Bacheller WELLS was born 19 November 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Mary Eliza was 24 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Joel Cheney WELLS was born 11 November 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Mary Eliza was 26 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.

1878 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth WELLS was born 5 May 1878, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Mary Eliza was 29 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Channing Mcgregory WELLS married 9 November 1898, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Irene Burt KELLEY

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

1900 Marriage of Child
Albert Bacheller WELLS married 18 April 1900, Evanston, Illinois, USA to Ethel BURNHAM

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

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Washington WELLS died 30 September 1912, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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.

1921 Death of Child
Mary Elizabeth WELLS died 2 December 1921, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Eliza was 73 years old.

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

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1924 Death
19 June 1924
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She died at the age of 75.

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