Mary Zoe BOYER

(b. April 1842 , Missouri, USA d. 22 August 1936 , St. Francois County Missouri, USA )

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Mary Zoe BOYER was born April 1842 in Missouri, USA

Mary Zoe BOYER was the child of Edmond Auguste BOYER and Mary Louise Olive BONE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOYER and Catherine PORTAIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mary Zoe married Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) 2 June 1858 in Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) was born 26 March 1833 in Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA. Jean Baptiste died 8 March 1904 in Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA. Jean Baptiste was the child of Jean Baptiste PORTAIS and Marie Terese Louise COLEMAN.

Mary Zoe BOYER died 22 August 1936 in St. Francois County Missouri, USA.
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Mary Zoe BOYER married

photo of Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS)

Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS)-- Date: 2 June 1858 Place: Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA
Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) was the child of Jean Baptiste PORTAIS and Marie Terese Louise COLEMAN

Children of Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) and Mary Zoe BOYER:

Lucy PORTELL (b.July 1871, Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA d. abt. 1910, Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA)
m. Amada BOYER

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1842 Birth
April 1842
Missouri, USA

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.

1858 Marriage / Partner
Mary Zoe BOYER and Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) 2 June 1858, Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA

She was 16 years old.

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.

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.

1871 Birth of Child
Lucy PORTELL was born July 1871, Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA

Mary Zoe was 29 years old.

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)

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

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

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 Union Township, Washington, Missouri
Name: Mary Portell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Union Township, Washington, Missouri, United States
District: 140
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 11
Years Married: 40
Birth Date: Apr 1842
Birthplace: Missouri
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1860
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother of how many children: 11
Sheet Number and Letter: 12A
Household ID: 220
Line Number: 47
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240907
Digital Folder Number: 004118868
Image Number: 00488

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Portell Head M 68 Missouri
Mary Portell Wife F 58 Missouri
Rusan Portell Son M 35 Missouri
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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)

1904 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean Baptiste PORTELL (PORTAIS) died 8 March 1904, Old Mines Washington County Missouri, USA

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification