Lydia Parmelia COGGESHALL

Born

12 October 1855 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

14 April 1930 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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David A COGGESHALL Julia Ann DURFEE

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Born: 12 October 1855 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Father: David A COGGESHALL

Mother: Julia Ann DURFEE

Paternal grandparents: Abner COGGESHALL , Phebe DAVOL (DEVOL)

Maternal grandparents: Gideon Gifford DURFEE , Pamelia FRANCIS

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Lydia Parmelia married George A COOK abt. 1872 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
George A COOK was born 16 February 1843 in Rhode Island, USA. George A died 6 September 1914 in Rhode Island, USA.

Lydia Parmelia COGGESHALL died 14 April 1930 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Lydia Parmelia COGGESHALL married

George A COOK
Marriage date: abt. 1872
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Children of George A COOK and Lydia Parmelia COGGESHALL

Annie Laura COOK

Born: 18 July 1872, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: 9 July 1967, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Walter L COOK

Born: abt. 1876, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Hattie L COOK

Born: abt. 1878, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

George COOK

Born: abt. 1884, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1855
12 October 1855
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

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 - Tiverton, Rhode Island
Name: Lydia Coggshall
[Lydia Coggeshall]
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1853
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Rhode Island
Home in 1860: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Post Office: Tiverton
Dwelling Number: 91
Family Number: 116
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
David Coggshall 37
Julia A Coggshall 33
Phebe A Coggshall 11
Abner Coggshall 9
Lydia Coggshall 7
Julia A Coggshall 6
Ella Coggshall 4
Gideon Coggshall 1
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

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 - Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Name: Lydia F Coggeshall
Age in 1870: 18
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Dwelling Number: 269
Home in 1870: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Race: White
Gender: Female
Occupation: Domestic Servant
Inferred Father: David Coggeshall
Inferred Mother: Julia A Coggeshall
Household Members:
Name Age
David Coggeshall 47
Julia A Coggeshall 41
Abner A Coggeshall 20
Lydia F Coggeshall 18
Julia M Coggeshall 15
Ella M Coggeshall 13
Gideon G Coggeshall 11
Cynthia Coggeshall 9
David A Coggeshall 5
Willie T Coggeshall 4/ 12

1870 US Census

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Annie Laura COOK was born 18 July 1872, , Rhode Island, USA

Lydia Parmelia was 16 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)

1880 - Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Name: Lydia P. Cook
Age: 25
Birth Date: Abt 1855
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
House Number: 1
Dwelling Number: 307
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: George A. Cook
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
George A. Cook 37
Lydia P. Cook 25
Laura A. Cook 8
Walter L. Cook 4
Hattie L. Cook 2
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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.

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Little Compton, Rhode Island
Name: Lydia P Cook
Age in 1910: 52
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1910: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Street: Stone Church Road
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: George A Cook
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 38
Number of Children Born: 5
Number of Children Living: 4
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Household Members:
Name Age
George A Cook 56
Lydia P Cook 52
George G Cook 26
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1914 Death of Spouse/Partner
George A COOK died 6 September 1914, , Rhode Island, USA

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

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Death
Name: Lydia Pamelia Cook
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 14 Apr 1930
Death Place: Adamsville, Rhode Island
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1854
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George A. Cook
Father's Name: David Coggeshall
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Julia Ann Durfee
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03109-3
Syst Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 1941125
Reference Number:
Collection: Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950

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