Rhoda MANCHESTER

(b. abt. 1816 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 15 August 1884 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Rhoda MANCHESTER was born abt. 1816 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Rhoda MANCHESTER was the child of ? and ?

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Rhoda married Gideon Gifford DURFEE 7 October 1855 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gideon Gifford DURFEE was born 28 December 1800 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Gideon Gifford died 31 May 1882 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Gideon Gifford was the child of George DURFEE and Sarah COGGESHALL.

Rhoda MANCHESTER died 15 August 1884 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

daughter of William Manchester and Lydia Cook

Grave Plot: OG2178

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Rhoda MANCHESTER married

Gideon Gifford DURFEE-- Date: 7 October 1855 Place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Gideon Gifford DURFEE was the child of George DURFEE and Sarah COGGESHALL

Children of Gideon Gifford DURFEE and Rhoda MANCHESTER:

Ida Medora DURFEE (b.14 January 1858, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 26 December 1937, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA )

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Marriage / Partner
Rhoda MANCHESTER and Gideon Gifford DURFEE 7 October 1855, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

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 Birth of Child
Ida Medora DURFEE was born 14 January 1858, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

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)

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)

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.

1882 Death of Spouse/Partner
Gideon Gifford DURFEE died 31 May 1882, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Death
Name: Rhoda Durfee
[Rhoda Manchester]
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Birth Date: abt 1816
Birth Place: Fall River
Death Date: 15 Aug 1884
Death Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Father: William Manchester
Mother: Lydia Cook

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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