Lydia TRIPP

(b. abt. 1807 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 July 1879 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

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Lydia TRIPP was born abt. 1807 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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

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Lydia married George Washington SOWLE 25 December 1831 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
George Washington SOWLE was born 4 May 1800 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). George Washington died 23 June 1877 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). George Washington was the child of Job SOWLE (SOULE) and Abigail TRIPP.

Lydia TRIPP died 27 July 1879 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .
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Lydia TRIPP married

George Washington SOWLE-- Date: 25 December 1831 Place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
George Washington SOWLE was the child of Job SOWLE (SOULE) and Abigail TRIPP

"George Sowle a whaling captain dd 1877 md Sylva Tripp and Lydia Tripp drs of Elihu Tripp."

Title Genealogy of a part of the Wodell family, from 1640 to 1880: with notices of some other families, and a condensed biography of the author as written by himself
Author Eli Wodell
Publisher s.n., 1880
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Jul 17, 2007
Length 98 pages
Page 65

Children of George Washington SOWLE and Lydia TRIPP:

Sylva (Sylvia) SOWLE (b.4 October 1833, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 May 1919, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)

George SOWLE (b.12 July 1836, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 October 1910, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Laura Ann SOWLE (b.23 February 1838, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 June 1915, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

Frederick P SOWLE (b.abt. 1839, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 June 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Robert Franklin SOWLE (b.11 May 1840, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 April 1919, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)

Ferdinand SOWLE (b.abt. 1845, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 January 1897, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

Leonard SOWLE (b.abt. 1847, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Lucretia SOWLE (b.abt. 1851, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Cornelius Albert SOWLE (b.30 July 1851, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Theodore SOWLE (b.abt. 1853, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Lydia TRIPP and George Washington SOWLE 25 December 1831, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1833 Birth of Child
Sylva (Sylvia) SOWLE was born 4 October 1833, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1836 Birth of Child
George SOWLE was born 12 July 1836, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
Laura Ann SOWLE was born 23 February 1838, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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.

1840 Birth of Child
Robert Franklin SOWLE was born 11 May 1840, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Lydia Soule
residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
age: 43 years
calculated birth year: 1807
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Female
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 22265
digital gs number: 4191657
image number: 00457
line number: 29
dwelling house number: 154
family number: 161
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
George Soule M 52y
Lydia Soule F 43y
Fedora Soule F 22y
Abby L Soule F 19y
Sylva Soule F 18y
Sara Ann Soule F 15y
George Soule M 16y
Frederick Soule M 3y
Franklin Soule M 11y
Theodore Lowle M 4y
Ferdinand Lowle M 1y

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

1851 Birth of Child
Cornelius Albert SOWLE was born 30 July 1851, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

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 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Lydia A Sowle
estimated birth year: 1808
gender: Female
age in 1870: 62y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
George Sowle M 72y
Lydia A Sowle F 62y
Elisha Francis M 90y
Ferdenand Sowle M 19y
Cornelius A Sowle M 16y

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Washington SOWLE died 23 June 1877 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 Death
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: Ludia Tripp Soule
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 27 Jul 1879
event place: Westport, Massachusetts
residence:
street address:
gender: Female
age: 72
marital status: Widowed
occupation:
birth date:
birthplace: Westport
estimated birth year: 1807
burial date:
burial place:
cemetery:
father: Elihu
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Westport
mother: Mary
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Westport
additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 310 p 145
film number: 960216
frame number:
digital folder number: 4221431
image number: 162
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