Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Waterbury, Connecticut, USA? Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
The original Indian name for the area was 'Matetacoke' (meaning poorly wooded area) and this original settlement at Mattatuck would be named Waterbury upon official recognition by the General Court as the 28th town in the state of Connecticut. Having been established out of Farmington, Waterbury was originally part of Hartford County, but in May 1728 became part of New Haven County as it remains today.www.greaterwaterbury.com/ waterbury_history.php
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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1674 - Settlers from Farmington purchase land at Mattatuck from the Tunxis Indians; this area later becomes Waterbury and Naugatuck.
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History of Waterbury, Connecticut
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1728 – Waterbury, at its own request, is transferred from Hartford County to New Haven County.
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1802 - Brass industry begun at Waterbury by Abel Porter and associates.
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Timeline of Connecticut History
1819 - Waterbury
Waterbury is a post township, situated in the northwest part of the county, 20 miles distant from...Read MORE...
Waterbury is a post township, situated in the northwest part of the county, 20 miles distant from...Read MORE...
1865 - EXTENSIVE FIRE. The Spirit of Fire After Connecticut Buttons - Heavy Loss. NEW-HAVEN, Friday, Aug. 18.
The large button factory of MALTBY, MORTON & Co., in Waterbury, Conn., ...Read MORE...
1889 - A BAD FREIGHT WRECK.WATERBURY, Ct., July 2. - In confusion, piled up end over end, nearly all of 11 loaded freight cars ...Read MORE...
1894 - April 10 - Waterbury, CT received 14 inches of snow
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1896 - FLED FOR THEIR LIVES. Disastrous Fire in a Waterbury Factory To-day.Waterbury, Jan. 9. - There was a $20,000 to $30,000 fire to-day at the brass goods factory of...Read MORE...
1904 - WATERBURY HOTEL AMONG BUILDINGS IN THE FIREWaterbury, Conn., Jan. 18. - A row of wooden buildings on Bank Street at Exchange Palce[sic], was...Read MORE...
1910 - "BUGS" RAYMOND IN WRECK.Ball Player Bruised in Crash on the New Haven.
WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 1. - A passenger train...Read MORE...
1916 - ONE KILLED, 5 HURT IN WATERBURY FIREThe Connecticut Hotel Destroyed by Blaze - Sixty Guests In Peril
WATERBURY, Conn Jan. 4.- One...Read MORE...
1955 - Hurricane Diane...Flood waters apparently hit hardest at Stroudsburg, Pa., with at least 20 counted dead, and...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
John Vincent ABBOTT
(9 September 1877, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 10 October 1968, Watertown, Connecticut, USA)
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Loren Styles ABBOTT
(8 November 1871, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 16 December 1962, Stratford, Connecticut, USA)
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Solomon ALCOX
(8 May 1759, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 21 May 1818, Wolcott, Connecticut, USA)
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Jonathan BALDWIN
(15 September 1722, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 2 April 1802, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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William BOULANGER
(September 13 1901, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 1980, Beacon, New York, USA (Matteawan) (Fishkill Landing))
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Ann May BROCKET
(1858, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 22 June 1879, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
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Franklin B CURTISS
(24 February 1841, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 6 June 1917, )
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Lewis Cleveland CURTISS
(27 May 1846, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 3 May 1896, Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, USA)
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Lucius CURTISS
(18 July 1811, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 8 January 1889, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Abigail MALLORY
(20 November 1771, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Hannah MALLORY
(5 May 1767, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Jonah MALLORY
(29 September 1773, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Jonathan Allen MALLORY
(18 April 1769, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Levi MALLORY
(20 August 1781, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Lucy MALLORY
(20 August 1781, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Lydia MALLORY
(20 August 1781, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Peter MALLORY
(9 October 1775, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Silva MALLORY
(7 February 1778, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Eli PARSONS
(1799, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 4 May 1860, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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John SCOVILLE
(27 October 1738, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 13 September 1807, Woodbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Zerviah SUTLIFF
(29 January 1772, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - , )
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Henry TUCKER
(1830, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 17 March 1897, Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Edmund AUSTIN
(1739, - 26 March 1791, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Benjamin BALDWIN
(24 November 1752, - 19 March 1801, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Noah BALDWIN
(23 January 1755, - 9 January 1813, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Jonathan BALDWIN
(15 September 1722, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 2 April 1802, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Norman H BUCK
(1858, - 24 July 1880, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Lucius CURTISS
(18 July 1811, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA - 8 January 1889, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Nathan Louis EDWARDS
(24 June 1937, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) - 23 May 1973, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Arthur FAIRFIELD
(November 1852, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Québec, Canada (Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie) - 9 November 1936, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Elizabeth FOLLEN
(June 1862, , New York, USA - abt. 1937, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Silas HOTCHKISS
(20 November 1719, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - 9 January 1783, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Joseph Leo LAVOIE
(5 January 1895, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 23 April 1953, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Raymond LAVOIE
(21 February 1914, Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic) - 1 February 2009, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Hazel Gertrude MASTERSON
(22 January 1910, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 7 August 1979, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Ezekiel SMITH
(1 August 1781, Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA (Amity) - 9 December 1825, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Lillian Frances STEVENS
(11 January 1952, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 30 November 2005, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Hannah TERRILL
(2 August 1645, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 11 November 1730, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Lucius CURTISS (18 July 1811 - 8 January 1889) &
Mary Ann CLEVELAND (8 November 1817 - 15 September 1858)
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