George Burnham GALUSHA

Born

24 November 1836 , Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

Died

7 April 1897 , Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

Age: 60

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Parents of George Burnham GALUSHA

Father

George GALUSHA

Mother

Lucy BURNHAM

Grandparents of George Burnham GALUSHA

Paternal grandparents

Jacob GALUSHA Parthenia HARD

Maternal grandparents

Asa W BURNHAM Lucy HUNTINGTON

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GEORGE B., b. Nov. 24, 1836, d. April 7, 1897.

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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1836 Birth

Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908
Name: George Burnham Galusha
Gender: Male
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening Place:
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1836
birthPlace: SHAFTSBURY TWP,BENNINGTON,VERMONT
Death Date:
name note:
Race:
father's Name: George Galusha
father's birthPlace:
father's Age:
mother's Name: Lucy
mother's birthPlace:
mother's Age:
indexing project (batch) number: 7450101
system origin: Vermont-ODM
source Film Number: unknown
reference number:

Source / record details
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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

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.

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)

1880 Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont

Name: Burnham Galusha
Residence: Shaftsburg, Bennington, Vermont
birthdate: 1837
birthPlace: Vermont, United States
relationship to head: Brother
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: Vermont, United States
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: Vermont, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 43 years
Occupation: Works About The Farm
nara Film Number: T9-1341
pAge: 505
page character: A
entry number: 2155
Film Number: 1255341
Household Gender Age
Augustus Galusha M 57
Polly A. Galusha F 53
Nellie J. Galusha F 15
George Galusha M 12
Marcius Galusha M 67
Burnham Galusha M 43

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Death

Deaths Registered in the Town of Shaftsbury for the Year
Ending Dec. 31, 1897. Rec. #; Date of Record; Date of Death; Name &
Surname of Deceased; Age; Sex; Race or Color; Married, Single,
Widowed; Disease or Cause of Death; Place of Death; Occupation of Male
over 15 yrs.; Place of Birth; Parents; Medical Attendant.

Apr. 1897, Apr. 7, 1897, Geo. B. GALUSHA, 60yrs., 5mos., 17days,
male, white, single, la grip, Shaftsbury, farmer, Shaftsbury, Geo. &
Lucy (BURNHAM) GALUSHA, J.B. WOODHULL.

Death

Name: George B. Galusha
event: Death
Event Date: 07 Apr 1897
Event Place: , , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 60
estimated Birth Year: 1837
father: Geo.
mother: Lucy Burnham
Spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 540090
Digital Folder Number: 004357191
Image Number: 00111

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XFX9-92Z : accessed 11 Feb 2013), George B. Galusha, 1897.

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