David Brainard ROBINSON

Born

5 September 1818 , Sumner, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

10 November 1893 , Waterville, Maine, USA

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David Brainard ROBINSON was born 5 September 1818 in Sumner, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

David Brainard ROBINSON was the child of Increase ROBINSON and Abigail PARLIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Increase ROBINSON and Rebecca BOURNE

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David Brainard married Huldah MYRICK March 1844 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Huldah MYRICK was born 25 April 1823 in Hebron, Maine, USA. Huldah died 9 October 1893 in Waterville, Maine, USA. Huldah was the child of Steven MYRICK (MERRICK) and Zillah GLOVER.

David Brainard ROBINSON died 10 November 1893 in Waterville, Maine, USA.
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David Brainard ROBINSON married

Huldah MYRICK-- Date: March 1844 Place:
Huldah MYRICK was the child of Steven MYRICK (MERRICK) and Zillah GLOVER

Children of David Brainard ROBINSON and Huldah MYRICK

Joseph Myrick ROBINSON (b.January 1850, , Maine, USA d. 21 December 1916, Portland, Maine, USA )

Increase ROBINSON (b.11 November 1852, Sumner, Maine, USA d. 4 March 1916, Waterville, Maine, USA)
m. Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD 17 December 1883 in Bingham, Maine, USA

Stephen Brainard ROBINSON (b.abt. 1858, , Maine, USA d. abt. 1891, )

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1818 Birth
5 September 1818
Sumner, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
David Brainard ROBINSON and Huldah MYRICK March 1844,

He was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph Myrick ROBINSON was born January 1850, , Maine, USA

David Brainard was 31 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Increase ROBINSON was born 11 November 1852, Sumner, Maine, USA (West Butterfield Plantation)

David Brainard was 34 years old.

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 of Child
Increase ROBINSON married 17 December 1883, Bingham, Maine, USA to Lizzie Etta GREENWOOD

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

Grave

Pine Grove Cemetery Waterville Kennebec County Maine, USA

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1893 Death
10 November 1893
Waterville, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 75.

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Pine Grove Cemetery Waterville Kennebec County Maine, USA

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state