Olive AYERS

Born

10 July 1794 , Truro, Massachusetts, USA

Died

29 November 1871 , Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA

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Jason AYERS Betsey (Betty) HOLMAN

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Born: 10 July 1794 in Truro, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Jason AYERS

Mother: Betsey (Betty) HOLMAN

Paternal grandparents: Onesiphorous AYERS , Anna GOODALE

Maternal grandparents: Jonathan HOLMAN , Olive FARR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Olive married Samuel RIDER 3 December 1812 in Truro, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Samuel RIDER was born 4 November 1779 in Truro, Massachusetts, USA. Samuel died 17 January 1856 in Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA. Samuel was the child of Samuel RIDER and Martha COBB.

Olive AYERS died 29 November 1871 in Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA.
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Olive AYERS married

Samuel RIDER
Marriage date: 3 December 1812
Marriage place: Truro, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Samuel RIDER was the child of Samuel RIDER and Martha COBB

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Name: Olive Ayers

Gender: Female

Spouse: Samuel Rider

Marriage Date: 3 Dec 1812

City: Truro

County: Barnstable

Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945516.

Children of Samuel RIDER and Olive AYERS

Jason Ayers RIDER

Born: 27 March 1834, Truro, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1902, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA

Married: Jennie E CREE 18 November 1858 Place: St Louis, Missouri, USA

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Birth
Name: Olive Ayres
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1794
Birth Place: Truro, Massachusetts
Father Name: Jason Ayres
Mother Name: Betsy Ayres

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1812 Marriage / Partner
Olive AYERS and Samuel RIDER 3 December 1812, Truro, Massachusetts, USA

She was 18 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

1834 Birth of Child
Jason Ayers RIDER was born 27 March 1834, Truro, Massachusetts, USA

Olive was 39 years old.

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

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Samuel RIDER died 17 January 1856, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Jason Ayers RIDER married 18 November 1858, St Louis, Missouri, USA to Jennie E CREE

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.

Grave

Griggsville Cemetery Griggsville Pike County Illinois, USA

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Death — 1871
29 November 1871
Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA
She died at the age of 77.

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Griggsville Cemetery Griggsville Pike County Illinois, USA

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state