Italia ALEXANDER

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10 May 1862 , Lee, Massachusetts, USA

Died

5 March 1901 , Lee, Massachusetts, USA

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Henry ALEXANDER Clarissa BREAKENRIDGE

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Born: 10 May 1862 in Lee, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry ALEXANDER

Mother: Clarissa BREAKENRIDGE

Paternal grandparents: Patrick ALEXANDER , Sarah (Sally) FORESYTH

Maternal grandparents: Francis BREAKENRIDGE , Zillah MILLARD

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Italia married Ernest Jason NEWTON 21 March 1883 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ernest Jason NEWTON was born 3 July 1857 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Ernest Jason died 15 April 1930 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire). Ernest Jason was the child of Jason NEWTON and Fanny Maria NOURSE.

Italia ALEXANDER died 5 March 1901 in Lee, Massachusetts, USA.
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Italia ALEXANDER married

Ernest Jason NEWTON
Marriage date: 21 March 1883
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Ernest Jason NEWTON was the child of Jason NEWTON and Fanny Maria NOURSE

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Name: Ernest J Newton

Event Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1858

Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1883

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage Age: 25

Father Name: Jason

Mother Name: Fanny M Nourse

Spouse Name: Italia S Alexander

Spouse Marriage Age: 20

Spouse Father Name: Henry Alexander

Spouse Mother Name: Clarissa M Breckinridge

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Ernest Jason NEWTON and Italia ALEXANDER

Lula Italia NEWTON

Born: 8 August 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: David Louis Leonard WHITE March 28, 1911 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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1862 Birth

Name: Pauline C I Alexander
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 May 1862
Event Place: Lee, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: Henry Alexander
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Mother's Name: Clarissa Alexander
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Reference ID: 50
GS Film Number: 1420997
Digital Folder Number: 4341181
Image Number: 791

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXCB-P19 : accessed 09 Nov 2013), Pauline C I Alexander, 1862.

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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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Italia A Alexander
estimated Birth Year: 1862
Gender: Female
age in 1870: 8y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
Henry Alexander M 47y
Clarrisa M Alexander F 45y
Francis H Alexander M 17y
Luton D Alexander M 15y
Nancy L Alexander F 13y
Minne E Alexander F 11y
Italia A Alexander F 8y

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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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Italia Alexander
Residence: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1862
birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
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father's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's Name: Clarissa Alexander
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 18 years
Occupation: At School
nara Film Number: T9-0521
pAge: 217
page character: C
entry number: 25
Film Number: 1254521
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parent Clarissa Alexander F 55
Italia Alexander F 18

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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.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Italia ALEXANDER and Ernest Jason NEWTON 21 March 1883, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

She was 20 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Lula Italia NEWTON was born 8 August 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Italia was 22 years old.

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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Italia S Newton
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Residence: Lee town (north half), Berkshire, Massachusetts
Birth Date: May 1862
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse Name: Earnest J Newton
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spouse birth Place: Massachusetts
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father birthPlace: Massachusetts
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mother birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Earnest J Newton
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 18
estimated marriage year: 1882
mother how many children: 2
number living children: 1
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enumeration District: 0039
Sheet Number and Letter: 16A
Household ID: 359
reference number: 23
gsu Film Number: 1240632
Image Number: 00000276
Household Gender Age
spouse Earnest J Newton M
Italia S Newton F
child Lula I Newton F

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 Death

Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
Name: Sarah Italia Newton
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event: Death
Event Date: 05 Mar 1901
Event Place: Lee, Massachusetts, United States
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Age: 38
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estimated Birth Year: 1863
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father: Henry Alexander
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mother: Clarissa Breckenridge
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Spouse: Ernest Newton
volume/ page/ certificate number: p 65
Film Number: 2057733
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Digital Folder Number: 4289818
Image Number: 84

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Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website

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