Sarah J SALISBURY

Born

August 1835 , New York, USA

Died

7 November 1905 , Ballston Spa, New York, USA

Sarah J married Sanford A WRIGHT abt. 1854 in New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sanford A WRIGHT was born 24 October 1826 in New York, USA. Sanford A died 20 August 1903 in Ballston Spa, New York, USA .

Parents & Family of Sarah J SALISBURY

Parents of Sarah J SALISBURY

Father

Thomas SALISBURY

Mother

Sally Ann UNKNOWN

Grandparents of Sarah J SALISBURY

Paternal grandparents

Preserved SALISBURY Mary POWELL

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sarah J SALISBURY

Sarah J SALISBURY married

Sanford A WRIGHT
Marriage date: abt. 1854
Marriage place: , New York, USA

Children of Sanford A WRIGHT and Sarah J SALISBURY

Adaline G "Addie" WRIGHT

Born: November 1864, Ballston Spa, New York, USA
Died: 10 August 1940, Ballston Spa, New York, USA

Married: Leonard J WEED 22 September 1897 Place: Ballston Spa, New York, USA

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Birth — 1835
August 1835
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 Stillwater, Saratoga, New York

Name: Sarah Salisburry
Residence: Stillwater, Saratoga , New York
Age: 17 years
calculated Birth Year: 1833
birthPlace: New York
Gender: Female
Race (Original):
race (expanded):
death month:
Death Year:
Film Number: 444308
digital gs number: 4203145
Image Number: 00188
Line Number: 37
dwelling house number: 107
family number: 120
Marital Status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Thomas Salisburry M 45y
Sally Salisburry F 44y
James Salisburry M 20y
Sarah Salisburry F 17y
Laura Salisburry F 12y

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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 Saratoga, Saratoga, New York

Name: Saragh Wright
event: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: E.D. 1, Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
estimated Birth Year: 1833
family number: 22
Line Number: 20
pAge:
Film Number: 559002
Digital Folder Number: 005207104
Image Number: 00188
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Sanford A Wright M 28
wife Saragh Wright F 22
brother Richard Wright M 22
servant Alfrid Scofield U 15

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K63D-398 : accessed 10 Feb 2013), Saragh Wright in entry for Sanford A Wright, 1855.

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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 - Stillwater, New York

Name: Sarah Wright
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Town of Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
BirthPlace: New York
PAge: 15
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Sanford A Wright Male 32 New York
Sarah Wright Female 27 New York

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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)

1864 Birth of Child
Adaline G "Addie" WRIGHT was born November 1864, Ballston Spa, New York, USA (Ballston) (Milton)

Sarah J was 29 years old.

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.

1875 Saratoga, Saratoga, New York

Name: Sarah J Wright
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Family Number: 206
PAge: 22
Line Number: 10
GS Film Number: 559006
Digital Folder Number: 004327094
Image Number: 00339
Household Gender Age Birthplace
S A Wright M 48
Wife Sarah J Wright F 40
Daughter Addie Wright F 11

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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 Ballston, Saratoga, New York

Name: Sarah Wright
Residence: Ballston, Saratoga, New York
birthdate: 1832
birthPlace: New York, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's Name: Thomas Salsbury
spouse's birthPlace: New York, United States
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: New York, United States
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: New York, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 48 years
Occupation: Nyl
nara Film Number: T9-0928
pAge: 13
page character: B
entry number: 1277
Film Number: 1254928
Household Gender Age
spouse Thomas Salsbury M 75
Sanford A. Wright M 52
Sarah Wright F 48
child Addie G. Wright F 16

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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)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1892 Ballston, E.D. 01, Saratoga, New York

Sanford A Wright, m, 65, b. US, farmer
Sarah Wright, f, 59, b. US
Addie Wright, f, 26, b. US
Thomas Salisbury, m, 81, b. US

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1892 New York State Census
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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Marriage of Child
Adaline G "Addie" WRIGHT married 22 September 1897, Ballston Spa, New York, USA to Leonard J WEED

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.

1900 Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York

Name: Sarah Wright
titles:
Residence: Ballston Spa village (part), Saratoga, New York
Birth Date: Aug 1835
birthPlace: New York
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse Name: Sanford A Wright
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: New York
father Name:
father titles:
father birthPlace: New York
mother Name:
mother titles:
mother birthPlace: New York
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Sanford A Wright
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 46
estimated marriage year: 1854
mother how many children: 1
number living children: 1
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0105
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Household ID: 141
reference number: 36
gsu Film Number: 1241158
Image Number: 00443
Household Gender Age
spouse Sanford A Wright M
Sarah Wright F
child Addie Weed F
Leonard J Weed M
Joseph L Weed M

Source / record details
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)