Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER

(b. 28 November 1854 , Brooklyn, New York, USA d. 16 June 1931 , Linden, New Jersey, USA )
Cause of Death: arteriosclerosis

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Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER was born 28 November 1854 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER was the child of Cornelius VAN MATER and Sarah Nettie? WHITE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Cornelius VAN MATER and Orpah TAYLOR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elizabeth Bennett married Charles Smith PARKER 17 September 1884 in Brooklyn, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Charles Smith PARKER was born 29 November 1853 in England (United Kingdom). Charles Smith died abt. 1901 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island).

Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER died 16 June 1931 in Linden, New Jersey, USA.

Elizabeth was born in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER married

Charles Smith PARKER-- Date: 17 September 1884 Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Name: Elizabeth B. VanMater
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1884
Marriage Place: Flatlands, New York, USA
Spouse: Charles S. Parker
Certificate Number: 8509
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Charles S. Parker
Elizabeth B. VanMater

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Children of Charles Smith PARKER and Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER:

Charles Smith PARKER (b.13 April 1885, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. , )

Sarah W PARKER (b.April 1887, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. 15 May 1929, Brooklyn, New York, USA )

Elizabeth Bennett PARKER (b.24 March 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. , )

George (Van Mater) PARKER (b.18 May 1894, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. 5 January 1973, San Jose, California, USA)
m. Doris SARGENT 16 November 1916 in , New York, USA

Thomas Winter PARKER (b.1 March 1898, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. , )

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1854 Birth
28 November 1854
Brooklyn, New York, USA

1855 - Brooklyn, New York
Name: Elizabeth Van Mater
Birth Year: abt 1855
Age: 0
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Daughter
Residence: Flatlands, Kings, New York, USA
Household number: 85
Line Number: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
Cornelius Van Mater 41
Sarah Van Mater 41
Sarah Van Mater 9
Cornelius B Van Mater 6
Emma R Van Mater 2
Elizabeth Van Mater 0
James Selly 15
Ellen Torrence 18
1855 New York State Census
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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

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)

1865 - Brooklyn, New York
Name: Elizabeth B Van Mater
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Daughter
Birth Year: abt 1855
Age: 10
Residence: Flatlands, Kings, New York, USA
Line Number: 3
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Cornelius Van Mater 50
Sarah Van Mater 51
Sarah O Van Mater 19
Cornelius Edgar Van Mater 16
Emma R Van Mater 14
Huldah Ann Van Mater 12
Elizabeth B Van Mater 10
Rhoda Ann Van Mater 7
Peter Van Mater 78

1865 New York State Census
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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 - 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 - Brooklyn, New York
Name: Elisabeth Van Mather
Age: 25
Birth Date: Abt 1855
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Dwelling Number: 369
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Corneles Van Mather
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's name: Sarah Van Mather
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: At Home
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Household Members:
Name Age
Corneles Van Mather 65
Sarah Van Mather 67
Emma Van Mather 29
Hulda Van Mather 27
Elisabeth Van Mather 25
Anna Van Mather 23
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)

1884 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Bennett VAN MATER and Charles Smith PARKER 17 September 1884, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

She was 29 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Charles Smith PARKER was born 13 April 1885, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 30 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Sarah W PARKER was born April 1887, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 32 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Bennett PARKER was born 24 March 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 36 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
George (Van Mater) PARKER was born 18 May 1894, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 39 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Birth of Child
Thomas Winter PARKER was born 1 March 1898, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 43 years old.

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

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

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1916 Marriage of Child
George (Van Mater) PARKER married 16 November 1916, , New York, USA to Doris SARGENT

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 Death of Child
Sarah W PARKER died 15 May 1929, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Elizabeth Bennett was 74 years old.

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

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 Death
16 June 1931
Linden, New Jersey, USA

She died at the age of 76.

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