Increase ROBINSON

(b. 11 November 1852 , Sumner, Maine, USA d. 4 March 1916 , Waterville, Maine, USA )

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Increase ROBINSON was born 11 November 1852 in Sumner, Maine, USA

Increase ROBINSON was the child of David Brainard ROBINSON and Huldah MYRICK and the grandchild of: (paternal) Increase ROBINSON and Abigail PARLIN (maternal) Steven MYRICK (MERRICK) and Zillah GLOVER

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Increase married Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD 17 December 1883 in Bingham, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD was born 5 November 1857 in Anson, Maine, USA (North Anson). Lizzie Etta was the child of Gilbert GREENWOOD and Esther T HEALD.

Increase ROBINSON died 4 March 1916 in Waterville, Maine, USA.

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Increase ROBINSON married

Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD-- Date: 17 December 1883 Place: Bingham, Maine, USA
Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD was the child of Gilbert GREENWOOD and Esther T HEALD

Children of Increase ROBINSON and Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD:

Arthur Greenwood ROBINSON (b.27 September 1884, Portland, Maine, USA d. 2 November 1964, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Marian RIDER 11 June 1915

Philip Increase ROBINSON (b.23 July 1886, Waterville, Maine, USA d. 22 March 1923, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)

Esther Gertrude ROBINSON (b.26 July 1888, , Maine, USA d. , )

Margurite ROBINSON (b.30 April 1891, Waterville, Maine, USA d. abt. 1966, )

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1852 Birth
11 November 1852
Sumner, Maine, USA

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)

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.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Increase ROBINSON and Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD 17 December 1883, Bingham, Maine, USA

He was 31 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Arthur Greenwood ROBINSON was born 27 September 1884, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Increase was 31 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Philip Increase ROBINSON was born 23 July 1886, Waterville, Maine, USA

Increase was 33 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Esther Gertrude ROBINSON was born 26 July 1888, , Maine, USA

Increase was 35 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Margurite ROBINSON was born 30 April 1891, Waterville, Maine, USA

Increase was 38 years old.

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 - 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

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 - 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