Elizabeth Fay WHITNEY

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March 1819 , New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died

7 February 1852 , New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Eli WHITNEY Henrietta Frances EDWARDS

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Elizabeth Fay WHITNEY was born March 1819 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Elizabeth Fay WHITNEY was the child of Eli WHITNEY and Henrietta Frances EDWARDS

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eli WHITNEY and Elizabeth FAY

Elizabeth Fay WHITNEY died 7 February 1852 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA .

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Plot: 22 Cedar Ave East

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1819 Birth
March 1819
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

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

1852 Death
7 February 1852
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

She died at the age of 32.

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Elizabeth is buried at:

Grove St. Cemetery

227 Grove Street
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/

Added: 3/28/2016 1:43:06 PM - Updated: 3/27/2025 5:53:41 PM

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