Orpha Caroline
SHELDON
(b.
11 December 1813
,
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
d.
30 October 1903
,
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Orpha Caroline SHELDON was born 11 December 1813 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Orpha Caroline SHELDON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Orpha Caroline married Ely STRONG 3 September 1849 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ely STRONG was born 15 March 1795 in Granville, Massachusetts, USA. Ely died 10 December 1876 in Granville, Massachusetts, USA.
Orpha Caroline SHELDON died 30 October 1903 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Family and Children of Orpha Caroline SHELDON
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Ely STRONG-- Date: 3 September 1849 Place: Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Name: Ely Strong
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birth Place: Granville
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1849
Marriage Place: Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Marriage: 54
Father: Eleazer Strong
Mother: Mary Strong
Spouse: Caroline O Sheldon
Spouse Birth Place: Ludlow
Spouse Age at Marriage: 35
Spouse Father: Joseph Sheldon
Spouse Mother: Orpha Sheldon
Children of Ely STRONG and Orpha Caroline SHELDON:
Emma Kate STRONG (b.10 October 1854, Granville, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 February 1874, Granville, Massachusetts, USA)
Abbott Ely STRONG (b.26 October 1857, Granville, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 November 1876, Granville, Massachusetts, USA)
Ely STRONG-- Date: 3 September 1849 Place: Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Name: Ely Strong
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birth Place: Granville
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1849
Marriage Place: Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Age at Marriage: 54
Father: Eleazer Strong
Mother: Mary Strong
Spouse: Caroline O Sheldon
Spouse Birth Place: Ludlow
Spouse Age at Marriage: 35
Spouse Father: Joseph Sheldon
Spouse Mother: Orpha Sheldon
Children of Ely STRONG and Orpha Caroline SHELDON:
Emma Kate STRONG (b.10 October 1854, Granville, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 February 1874, Granville, Massachusetts, USA) Abbott Ely STRONG (b.26 October 1857, Granville, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 November 1876, Granville, Massachusetts, USA)
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Postcards and Memories of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)
1813 Birth 11 December 1813
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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 Marriage / PartnerOrpha Caroline SHELDON and Ely STRONG 3 September 1849, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)
She was 35 years old.
1854 Birth of ChildEmma Kate STRONG was born 10 October 1854, Granville, Massachusetts, USA
Orpha Caroline was 40 years old.
1857 Birth of ChildAbbott Ely STRONG was born 26 October 1857, Granville, Massachusetts, USA
Orpha Caroline was 43 years old.
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1874 Death of ChildEmma Kate STRONG died 26 February 1874, Granville, Massachusetts, USA
Orpha Caroline was 60 years old.
1876 Death of ChildAbbott Ely STRONG died 27 November 1876, Granville, Massachusetts, USA
Orpha Caroline was 63 years old.
1876 Death of Spouse/PartnerEly STRONG died 10 December 1876, Granville, Massachusetts, USA
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, 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
1903 Death 30 October 1903
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 89.
Orpha is buried at: Northeast Cemetery Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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