Martha HANSCOM

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7 October 1857 , Lebanon, Maine, USA

Died

19 September 1930 , Sanford, Maine, USA

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Born: 7 October 1857 in Lebanon, Maine, USA

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Martha married Jeremiah MOULTON 31 January 1883 in Sanford, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jeremiah MOULTON was born 23 December 1825 in Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale). Jeremiah died 28 May 1894 in Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale). Jeremiah was the child of Rufus MOULTON and Miriam FERNALD.

Martha HANSCOM died 19 September 1930 in Sanford, Maine, USA .

daughter of Edwin Hanscom and Olive Libbey
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Martha HANSCOM married

Jeremiah MOULTON
Marriage date: 31 January 1883
Marriage place: Sanford, Maine, USA
Jeremiah MOULTON was the child of Rufus MOULTON and Miriam FERNALD

Children of Jeremiah MOULTON and Martha HANSCOM

Olive Hazel MOULTON

Born: 9 April 1885, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 3 April 1971, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Stephen J MOULTON

Born: abt. 1886, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1886, Sanford, Maine, USA

Iva Martha MOULTON

Born: 27 June 1887, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 5 March 1922, Sanford, Maine, USA

Mary Ina MOULTON

Born: 15 June 1888, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 11 May 1889, Sanford, Maine, USA

Herbert MOULTON

Born: 12 March 1890, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 15 January 1892, Sanford, Maine, USA

Ruth MOULTON

Born: 15 April 1891, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 15 April 1891, Sanford, Maine, USA

Miriam MOULTON

Born: 24 March 1893, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 25 January 1971, Sanford, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1857
7 October 1857
Lebanon, Maine, USA

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
Martha HANSCOM and Jeremiah MOULTON 31 January 1883, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

She was 25 years old.

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

1885 Birth of Child
Olive Hazel MOULTON was born 9 April 1885, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 27 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Iva Martha MOULTON was born 27 June 1887, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 29 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Mary Ina MOULTON was born 15 June 1888, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 30 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1889 Death of Child
Mary Ina MOULTON died 11 May 1889, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 31 years old.

1890 Birth of Child
Herbert MOULTON was born 12 March 1890, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 32 years old.

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
Ruth MOULTON was born 15 April 1891, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 33 years old.

1892 Death of Child
Herbert MOULTON died 15 January 1892, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 34 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1893 Birth of Child
Miriam MOULTON was born 24 March 1893, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Martha was 35 years old.

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeremiah MOULTON died 28 May 1894, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

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.

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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

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification