Sarah Jane WESTGATE

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3 February 1838 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Died

3 July 1860 , Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

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Horace WESTGATE Sarah WOOD

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Born: 3 February 1838 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Horace WESTGATE

Mother: Sarah WOOD

Sarah Jane WESTGATE died 3 July 1860 in Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth — 1838
3 February 1838
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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

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Name: Sarah Jane Westgate
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 03 Jul 1860
Death Place: Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1838
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Father's Name: Horace Westgate
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Mother's Name: Sarah Westgate
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01104-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1994264
Reference ID: 245

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014), Sarah Jane Westgate, 03 Jul 1860; citing Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference 245; FHL microfilm 1,994,264.'