Virginia L Molyneaux HEWLETT

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abt. 1849 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Died

14 December 1889 , Washington, DC, USA

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Born: abt. 1849 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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Virginia L Molyneaux married Frederic DOUGLASS . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Frederic DOUGLASS was born 3 March 1842 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Frederic died 26 July 1892 in Washington, DC, USA. Frederic was the child of Frederick Augustus Washington (BAILEY) DOUGLASS and Anna MURRAY.

Virginia L Molyneaux HEWLETT died 14 December 1889 in Washington, DC, USA.

daughter of Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett (1820 - 1871) and Virginia Josephine Lewis (1817 - 1878)

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Frederic DOUGLASS
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Frederic DOUGLASS was the child of Frederick Augustus Washington (BAILEY) DOUGLASS and Anna MURRAY

Children of Frederic DOUGLASS and Virginia L Molyneaux HEWLETT

Frederic Aaron DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1871, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 9 February 1886, Washington, DC, USA

Jean Hewlett DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1874,
Died: ,

Lewis Henry DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1875, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 10 June 1875, Washington, DC, USA

Maud Ardell DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1877, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 21 June 1877, Washington, DC, USA

Charles Paul DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1879, Washington, DC, USA
Died: 3 April 1895, Washington, DC, USA

Gertrude Paul DOUGLASS

Born: abt. 1882,
Died: ,

Robert Small DOUGLASS

Born: 30 October 1886, Rochester, New York, USA
Died: 27 April 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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 - 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.

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 Death of Child
Frederic Aaron DOUGLASS died 9 February 1886, Washington, DC, USA

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1886 Birth of Child
Robert Small DOUGLASS was born 30 October 1886, Rochester, New York, USA

Death
We extend our heartfelt sorrow to Mr. Frederick Douglass, Jr., on the death of his wife, which occurred last Saturday. The whole community sympathizes with Mr. Douglass in his sad bereavement.

Leader, Washington, DC
Saturday, December 21, 1889

FINAL RESTING PLACE