Ruth Ada WHITE

(b. 6 August 1858 , Westerly, Rhode Island, USA d. 15 November 1933 , Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA )

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Ruth Ada WHITE was born 6 August 1858 in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

Ruth Ada WHITE was the child of Maxson Perry WHITE and Abby GAVITT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles P WHITE and Ruth Elizabeth PERRY (maternal) Perry GAVITT and Clarissa M CARPENTER

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Ruth Ada married Leverett Asa BRIGGS 24 November 1881 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Leverett Asa BRIGGS was born 6 June 1858 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley). Leverett Asa died 5 October 1932 in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut). Leverett Asa was the child of Asa Sheldon BRIGGS and Mary Caroline BURDICK.

Ruth Ada WHITE died 15 November 1933 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Ruth Ada WHITE married

Leverett Asa BRIGGS-- Date: 24 November 1881 Place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
Leverett Asa BRIGGS was the child of Asa Sheldon BRIGGS and Mary Caroline BURDICK

Children of Leverett Asa BRIGGS and Ruth Ada WHITE:

Asa Lloyd BRIGGS (b.9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA d. 25 January 1962, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH 18 September 1909 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
m. Mildred Grace EILER 8 May 1937

Ralph Maxson BRIGGS (b.23 September 1885, , Rhode Island, USA d. 5 September 1938, Manhattan, New York, USA )

Charles Bowen BRIGGS (b.June 1887, , Rhode Island, USA d. 4 April 1961, )

Caroline Minerva BRIGGS (b.9 October 1888, , Rhode Island, USA d. abt. 1965, )

Maud BRIGGS (b.19 June 1891, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA d. abt. 1986, )

Leverett Asa BRIGGS (b.12 January 1896, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA d. 1 January 1972, Seattle, Washington, USA)

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1858 Birth
6 August 1858
Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Ruth Ada WHITE and Leverett Asa BRIGGS 24 November 1881, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

She was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Asa Lloyd BRIGGS was born 9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Ruth Ada was 24 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Ralph Maxson BRIGGS was born 23 September 1885, , Rhode Island, USA

Ruth Ada was 27 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Charles Bowen BRIGGS was born June 1887, , Rhode Island, USA

Ruth Ada was 28 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Caroline Minerva BRIGGS was born 9 October 1888, , Rhode Island, USA

Ruth Ada was 30 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
Maud BRIGGS was born 19 June 1891, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Ruth Ada was 32 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
Leverett Asa BRIGGS was born 12 January 1896, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)

Ruth Ada was 37 years old.

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

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

1909 Marriage of Child
Asa Lloyd BRIGGS married 18 September 1909, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH

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

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