Theodore ROOSEVELT

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22 September 1831 , Manhattan, New York, USA

Died

9 February 1878 , Manhattan, New York, USA

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Cornelius Van Schaick ROOSEVELT Margaret BARNHILL

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Born: 22 September 1831 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Father: Cornelius Van Schaick ROOSEVELT

Mother: Margaret BARNHILL

Paternal grandparents: Jacobus ROOSEVELT , Maria VAN SCHAICK

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Theodore married Martha Stewart "Mittie" BULLOCH 22 December 1853 in Roswell, Georgia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha Stewart "Mittie" BULLOCH was born 8 July 1835 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Martha Stewart "Mittie" died 14 February 1884 in Long Island City, New York, USA. Martha Stewart "Mittie" was the child of James Stephens BULLOCH and Martha "Patsy" STEWART.

Theodore ROOSEVELT died 9 February 1878 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

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Martha Stewart "Mittie" BULLOCH
Marriage date: 22 December 1853
Marriage place: Roswell, Georgia, USA
Martha Stewart "Mittie" BULLOCH was the child of James Stephens BULLOCH and Martha "Patsy" STEWART

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Theodore ROOSEVELT

Born: 27 October 1858, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 6 January 1919, Oyster Bay, New York, USA

Married: Alice Hathaway LEE 27 October 1880 Place: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edith Kermit CAROW 2 December 1886 Place: London, England

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Birth — 1831
22 September 1831
Manhattan, 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 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 Marriage / Partner
Theodore ROOSEVELT and Martha Stewart "Mittie" BULLOCH 22 December 1853, Roswell, Georgia, USA

He 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

1858 Birth of Child
Theodore ROOSEVELT was born 27 October 1858, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Theodore was 27 years old.

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