Ruth B SANFORD

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7 September 1823 , Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

Died

2 November 1908 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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John SANFORD Sarah BORDEN

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Born: 7 September 1823 in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

Father: John SANFORD

Mother: Sarah BORDEN

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Ruth B married Stephen DAVOL 27 November 1841 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA . Stephen DAVOL was born 14 July 1820 Stephen died 14 June 1864 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

Ruth B married (2) Ivory ALBRO 6 May 1866 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA . Ivory ALBRO was born abt. 1840 in Rhode Island, USA. Ivory died 20 January 1890 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

Ruth B married (3) Daniel H SISSON 16 May 1869 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . Daniel H SISSON was born September 1819 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Daniel H died 29 March 1885 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

Ruth B married (4) Charles Abner LAWTON 6 June 1889 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA . Charles Abner LAWTON was born abt. 1821 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Charles Abner died 15 February 1900 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Charles Abner was the child of Abner LAWTON and Hannah TRIPP.

Ruth B SANFORD died 2 November 1908 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ruth B SANFORD married

Stephen DAVOL
Marriage date: 27 November 1841
Marriage place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: Stephen Davol

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Spouse's Name: Ruth B. Sanford

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Event Date: 27 Nov 1841

Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02377-3

System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM

GS Film number: 2020270

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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch.org : 9 February 2018), Stephen Davol and Ruth B. Sanford, 27 Nov 1841; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,020,270.

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Ruth B SANFORD married

Ivory ALBRO
Marriage date: 6 May 1866
Marriage place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
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NOTE: By the 1870 census, they were no longer together.

Name: Ivory A Albro

Age: 26

Birth Year: abt 1840

Birth Place: Portsmouth Rhode Island

Marriage Date: 6 May 1866

Marriage Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Edmund Albro

Mother: Martha Albro

Spouse: Ruth B Sanford

Name: Ruth B Davol

Age: 35

Birth Year: abt 1831

Birth Place: Middletown

Marriage Date: 6 May 1866

Marriage Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John P Davol

Mother: Sarah Sanford

Spouse: Ivory A Albro

Children of Ivory ALBRO and Ruth B SANFORD

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Ruth B SANFORD married

Daniel H SISSON
Marriage date: 16 May 1869
Marriage place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
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Name: Daniel Sisson

Birth Date: abt 1823

Father Name: George Sisson

Mother Name: Mahala Sisson

Marriage Age: 46

Marriage Date: 16 May 1869

Marriage Place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Spouse Name: Ruth B Albro

Spouse Marriage Age: 45

Father In Law: John P Sanford

Mother In Law: Sarah Sanford

Page Number: 574

Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Children of Daniel H SISSON and Ruth B SANFORD

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Ruth B SANFORD married

Charles Abner LAWTON
Marriage date: 6 June 1889
Marriage place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Charles Abner LAWTON was the child of Abner LAWTON and Hannah TRIPP

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He is 67. She is 65. It is the 3rd marriage for both. He is a mason, born in Westport, MA, currently living in New Beford, MA. She was born in Newport, RI, currently living in Fall River, MA. He is the son of Abner and Hannah. She is the daughter of John P. and Sarah.

Groom's Name: Charles A Lawton

Groom's Birth Date: 1822

Groom's Birthplace: Westport, Mass

Groom's Age: 67

Bride's Name: Ruth B Sanford Sisson

Bride's Birth Date: 1824

Bride's Birthplace: Newport, R I

Bride's Age: 65

Marriage Date: 06 Jun 1889

Marriage Place: Fall River, Massachusetts

Groom's Father's Name: Abner

Groom's Mother's Name: Hannah

Bride's Father's Name: John P

Bride's Mother's Name: Sarah

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01380-3

Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

Source Film Number: 1415226

Reference Number: p116, 276

Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

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Birth — 1823
7 September 1823
Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

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 Marriage / Partner
Ruth B SANFORD and Stephen DAVOL 27 November 1841, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

She was 18 years old.

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 - 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

1860 - Fall River, Massachusetts

Name: Ruth Davol
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Ward 3 City of Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
BirthPlace: R I
PAge: 182
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Stephen Davol Male 39 R I
Ruth Davol Female 36 R I
Lydia Davol Female 12 Mass
Ruth Davol Female 10 Mass
Eben Davol Male 6 Mass
Charles Davol Male 4 Mass
Mary L Borden Female 18 Mass
Theodore W Borden Male 23 R I.
Infant Borden Female 0 Mass

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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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Stephen DAVOL died 14 June 1864 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1866 Marriage / Partner
Ruth B SANFORD and Ivory ALBRO 6 May 1866, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

She was 42 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Ruth B SANFORD and Daniel H SISSON 16 May 1869, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

She was 45 years old.

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)

1880 - Fall River, Massachusetts

Name: Ruth Sisson
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 104
Gender: Female
Age: 57
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: Keeping House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1823
BirthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
Father's BirthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 243
Sheet Number and Letter: 243D
Household ID: 4543971
Person Number: 1
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0524
GS Film Number: 1254524
Digital Folder Number: 005160785
Image Number: 00490

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
David Sisson Self M 60 Massachusetts, United States
Ruth Sisson Wife F 57 Rhode Island, United States

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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

1885 Death of Spouse/Partner
Daniel H SISSON died 29 March 1885, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 Marriage / Partner
Ruth B SANFORD and Charles Abner LAWTON 6 June 1889, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

She was 65 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ivory ALBRO died 20 January 1890, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles Abner LAWTON died 15 February 1900, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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

Name: Ruth B Lawton
Death Date: 02 Nov 1908
Death Place: New Bedford,,Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: 1823
Birth Date: 1823
BirthPlace: Newport, Rhode Island
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Charles Lawton
Father's Name: John Sanford
Mother's Name: Sarah Borden
Film Number: 2257004
Digital Folder Number: 4282912
Image Number: 00665
Reference Number: 139
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915

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