Eliza A TRIPP

(b. abt. 1820 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 April 1894 , Taunton, Massachusetts, USA )

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Eliza A TRIPP was born abt. 1820 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Eliza A TRIPP was the child of Elihu TRIPP and Mary BROWNELL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Anthony TRIPP and Rebecca HAVENS

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Eliza A married Henry SIMMONS 10 January 1872 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henry SIMMONS was born abt. 1817 in Massachusetts, USA.

Eliza A TRIPP died 10 April 1894 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA .
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Eliza A TRIPP married

Henry SIMMONS-- Date: 10 January 1872 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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William Tripp SIMMONS (b.abt. 1872, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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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 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Eliza Tripp
residence: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
age: 27 years
calculated birth year: 1823
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Female
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 14703
digital gs number: 4194639
image number: 00077
line number: 25
dwelling house number: 377
family number: 666
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Cornelius B Tripp M 33y
Mary Tripp F 77y
Eliza Tripp F 27y
Wm Tripp M 11y

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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)

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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Eliza A TRIPP and Henry SIMMONS 10 January 1872, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Eliza A. Simons
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1821
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Henry Simons
spouse's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 59 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0523
page: 249
page character: B
entry number: 1278
film number: 1254523
Household Gender Age
spouse Henry Simons M 63
Eliza A. Simons F 59

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)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Death
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: Eliza A. Simons
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 10 Apr 1894
event place: Taunton, Massachusetts
residence: Taunton
street address:
gender: Female
age: 74
marital status: Widowed
occupation: Housewife
birth date:
birthplace: WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
estimated birth year: 1820
burial date:
burial place: NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
cemetery:
father: Elihue Tripp
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Westport, Mass.
mother: Mary Brownell
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Westport, Mass.
additional relatives:
spouse: Henry Simons
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 445 p 334
film number: 961512
frame number:
digital folder number: 4225007
image number: 296

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