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Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
'Berlin, Connecticut, the home of "The Yankee Peddler", is located at the geographic center of the state. The area was originally know as PAGONCHAWNISCHAGE (the great white oak place), by the Mattabasset Indians.
In 1659, Sergeant Richard Beckley purchased 300 acres from Chief Tarramuggus, built a home for his family and became the first settler in what was to become Berlin. Other families slowly followed, and in 1686, Captain Richard Seymour led a group of families from Farmington to begin the first settlement on Christian Lane...'
Kensington is a census-designated place (CDP) and section of the town of Berlin in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Kensington occupies the north-central part of the town of Berlin.
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The geographic center of the state is located in Berlin.
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 - Berlin Street)
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 - American Paper Goods Factory, Kensington, Conn.
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In 1893, the Ajax Envelope Company of New York City and the Howard Manufacturing Company of Jersey City formed the American Paper Goods Company and moved their operations to Kensington in Berlin, where they secured water rights on the Mattabessett River. The company erected a dam, which survives today, and created Paper Goods Pond, now a town park... historicbuildings.ct)
American Paper Goods Factory, Kensington, Conn.
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In 1893, the Ajax Envelope Company of New York City and the Howard Manufacturing Company of Jersey City formed the American Paper Goods Company and moved their operations to Kensington in Berlin, where they secured water rights on the Mattabessett River. The company erected a dam, which survives today, and created Paper Goods Pond, now a town park... historicbuildings.ct
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 - Second Congregational Church, Berlin, Conn.)
Second Congregational Church, Berlin, Conn.
Berlin, Connecticut, USA
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 - Bridge Works, Berlin, Conn.
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Bridge Works, Berlin, Conn.
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1785 - (Berlin, CT) - First known as the Great Swamp Society, the town was incorporated in 1785 and called Berlin.
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1799 - (Berlin, CT) - On March 9, 1799, the government issued its first contract for pistols to Simeon North of Berlin.
The contract specified 500 horse pistols be made at a cost of $6.50 each. Before 1799, North had manufactured scythes and other agricultural instruments, but after being awarded the government contract, his business grew rapidly...
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1819 - Berlin
Berlin, a post town, is situated 10 miles south-west from Hartford, and 24 miles north-east from New Haven. It is bounded north by Farmington, east by Wethersfield and Middletown, south by Middletown and Meriden, and west by Southington.
The township contains about forty square miles, having an average length of eight miles, and an average breadth of five miles.
Its surface is uneven, being diversified with moderate hills and dales; the western border of the town is mountainous, extending upon the range of mountains which commence in the vicinity of New Haven, and extend through the State, into the interior of New England...
A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care and Impartiality, from Original and Authentic Materials : Consisting of Two Parts ... with an Accurate and Improved Map of Each State Authors John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles Publisher W.S. Marsh, 1819
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1839 - Berlin
Berlin, Connecticut
Hartford county. Taken from Farmington, in 1785. Population, 1830, 3,947. This town lies 11 miles S. from Hartford and 23 N. from New Haven. The surface of Berlin is hilly, but productive of grass, grain and fruits. There are in the town about 2,000 sheep. The villages of Worthington and New Britain are very pleasant, and the manufactures of brass, tin and other wares, where pursued, are very extensive and flourishing. The first manufacture of tin ware in this country was commenced at this place, in about the year 1770, by Edward Patterson, a native or Ireland. Mr. Patterson peddled his ware about the country, on foot, in baskets; his successors in the manufacture did the same, until the uses and value of the article becoming known, and the demand increasing, horses and wagons were employed; and thus this important manufacture of New England was transported to all parts of the country.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. Alphabetically arranged. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
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1854 - Berlin
Berlin, a post-township of Hartford county, Connecticut, on the Hartford and New Haven railroad, 11 miles 8. by W. from Hartford, and 25 miles N. by E. from New Haven. The manufacture of tin was early introduced here and is still carried on. Population, 1869.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
BERLIN, a township in Hartford co., Connecticut, 10 m. S by W of Hartford. Pop. 3,411.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1882 - Berlin Fair
The Berlin Fair began as a Harvest Festival in 1882.
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1895 - Berlin
Berlin, a post-township of Hartford co., Conn., at the junction of 2 railroads, 11 miles by rail S.S.W. of Hartford. it has 4 churches, a savings-bank, manufactures of iron goods, hardware, tools, &c. Pop. 2600. It contains a village named Kensington.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Berlin, a post-township (town) and village of Hartford co.. Conn., 11 miles SSW. of Hartford. It has manufactures of iron, hardware, steel bridges, terracotta, bricks, etc. The banking point is New Britain or Kensington. Pop. of the town in 1900, 3448.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Berlin, Connecticut, USA
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Sarah HART (June 1624, Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 20 November 1697, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Rachel PORTER (26 December 1658, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 4 October 1743, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))
Samuel COWLES (17 March 1662, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 14 October 1748, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))John COLE (9 March 1696, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 16 February 1783, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Sarah WADSWORTH (3 July 1697, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 14 September 1786, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Benjamin BECKLEY (1698, - 12 November 1777, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Isaac NORTH (27 September 1703, - 20 December 1788, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Abijah PECK (1710, - 13 March 1797, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Nathan COLE (28 August 1711, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington) - 29 December 1783, Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington))Ancestors Who Were Married in Berlin, Connecticut, USA
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Frank Angelo GARAVELLI (30 September 1913 - 10 July 1988) and Marion BLESSING (13 February 1923 - 27 February 2018) married 28 April 1945
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