Elizabeth LILLEY

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4 October 1806 , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

4 April 1873 , Turbotville, Pennsylvania, USA

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George LILLEY Rosannah BETHTLE?

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Born: 4 October 1806 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: George LILLEY

Mother: Rosannah BETHTLE?

Paternal grandparents: Johan Jacob LILLEY , Catherine BOLENDER (BOLLANDER)

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Elizabeth married Isaac WALTER abt. 1822 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isaac WALTER was born 26 July 1797 in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, USA. Isaac died 15 October 1858 in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, USA. Isaac was the child of Johan Jacob WALTER and Catherine STAHL.

Elizabeth LILLEY died 4 April 1873 in Turbotville, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Isaac WALTER
Marriage date: abt. 1822
Marriage place: Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Isaac WALTER was the child of Johan Jacob WALTER and Catherine STAHL

Children of Isaac WALTER and Elizabeth LILLEY

Jacob WALTER

Born: 2 October 1826, Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 29 May 1912, Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Married: Rebecca SCHAEFFER 7 January 1850

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Birth — 1806
4 October 1806
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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.

1826 Birth of Child
Jacob WALTER was born 2 October 1826, Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth was 20 years old.

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)

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

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.