Sylvester LESSEY

(b. abt. 1837 , d. 30 January 1873 , New Fairfield, Connecticut, USA )

Am I Your Ancestor?
LESSEY Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Sylvester LESSEY was born abt. 1837

Sylvester LESSEY was the child of ? and ?

Sylvester LESSEY died 30 January 1873 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
Details of the family tree of Sylvester appear below.

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Sylvester LESSEY
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Sylvester LESSEY: Events, Photos & Historical Records

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

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)

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

Death
Name: Sylvester Lessey
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 30 Jan 1873
Death Place: New Fairfield, Connecticut
Age: 36
Birth Date: 1837
Birth Place:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03372-5
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 3160
Reference ID:

'Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934,' database, FamilySearch.org