Rebecca SCHAEFFER

Born

23 August 1830 , Seneca, Ontario, New York, USA

Died

4 May 1902 , Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

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Solomon SCHAEFFER Catherine SECHLER

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Born: 23 August 1830 in Seneca, Ontario, New York, USA

Father: Solomon SCHAEFFER

Mother: Catherine SECHLER

Paternal grandparents: John George SCHAEFFER , Elizabeth BIEBER

Maternal grandparents: Jacob SECHLER , Catherine ZIEGLER

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Rebecca married Jacob WALTER 7 January 1850 in Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacob WALTER was born 2 October 1826 in Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. Jacob died 29 May 1912 in Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. Jacob was the child of Isaac WALTER and Elizabeth LILLEY.

Rebecca SCHAEFFER died 4 May 1902 in Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA.
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Jacob WALTER
Marriage date: 7 January 1850
Marriage place: Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacob WALTER was the child of Isaac WALTER and Elizabeth LILLEY

Children of Jacob WALTER and Rebecca SCHAEFFER

Elizabeth Catherine WALTER

Born: 13 October 1852, Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 11 June 1927, Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Married: Albert Eugene TERWILLIGER 3 July 1890

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Birth — 1830
23 August 1830
Seneca, Ontario, New York, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Rebecca SCHAEFFER and Jacob WALTER 7 January 1850, Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 19 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Catherine WALTER was born 13 October 1852, Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Rebecca was 22 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.