Etsel WOOD

(b. 25 April 1835 , South Amboy, New Jersey, USA d. abt. 1893 , Springport, New York, USA )

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Etsel WOOD was born 25 April 1835 in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Etsel WOOD was the child of Peter B. WOOD and Catherine BURLEW and the grandchild of: (paternal) Winant WOOD and Mary BARBER

Etsel WOOD died abt. 1893 in Springport, New York, USA .

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1835 Birth
25 April 1835
South Amboy, New Jersey, 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 - Springport, New York
Name: Etsel Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Birthplace: New Jersey
Household ID: 775
House Number: 746
Line Number: 11
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 483
GS Film Number: 17059
Digital Folder Number: 004196771
Image Number: 00445

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter B Wood M 48 New Jersey
Catherine Wood F 48 New Jersey
Wynance Wood M 22 New Jersey
James Wood M 19 New Jersey
Etsel Wood M 15 New Jersey
George P Penney M 9 New Jersey
Rebecca Miles F 7 New Jersey
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Springport, Cayuga, New York
name: Etsel Woods
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 20
relationship to head of household: Son
estimated birth year: 1835
family number: 37
line number: 19
page:
film number: 1435219
digital folder number: 004296305
image number: 00318
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Peter B Woods M 54
wife Catharine Woods F 54
son Winonce Woods M 28
son James Woods M 24
son Etsel Woods M 20
son Geo P Woods M 14
boarder Cathorine Brulens U 17
domestic Sary French U 24
domestic Mary French U 6
domestic William Vandyck U 17

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K6S6-17K : accessed 10 Feb 2013), Etsel Woods in entry for Peter B Woods, 1855.
1855 New York State Census
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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

1860 - Springport, New York
Name: Etsel Wood
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Race: White
Race (Original):
Occupation:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page: 28
Household ID: 199
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Film Number: 729
GS Film Number: 803729
Digital Folder Number: 005170310
Image Number: 00157

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter B Wood M 59 New Jersey
Catharine Wood F 59 New Jersey
James Wood M 29 New Jersey
Etsel Wood M 25 New Jersey
George Wood M 19 New Jersey
Jane Miles F 16 New Jersey
Breby A Baker F 6 New York

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Springport, New York
Name: Etsel Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835-1836
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page Number: 39
Household ID: 326
Line Number: 14
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552410
Digital Folder Number: 004274894
Image Number: 00494

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter B Wood M 69 New York
Catherine Wood F 61 New Jersey
Etsel Wood M 34 New Jersey
George Wood M 25 New York

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1875 Springport, Cayuga, New York
Name: Etsel Wood
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Relationship to Head of Household:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Family Number: 284
Page: 25
Line Number: 40
GS Film number: 853205
Digital Folder Number: 004858095
Image Number: 00216
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Etsel Wood M 40
Wife Mary A Wood F 22
Boarder Harvey Kellogg M 23
1875 New York State Census
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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)

1880
1880 US Census, Springport, NY - lawyer, age 45, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NJ
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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)