Caroline COGGESHALL

(b. 13 October 1837 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA d. 11 April 1922 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA )

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Caroline COGGESHALL was born 13 October 1837 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

Caroline COGGESHALL was the child of Abner COGGESHALL and Phebe DAVOL (DEVOL) and the grandchild of: (paternal) John COGGESHALL and Ruth DEVOL

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Caroline married Joseph Granton WILBUR 4 October 1868 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph Granton WILBUR was born 24 February 1830 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). Joseph Granton died 18 October 1871 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). Joseph Granton was the child of William Bartlett WILBOUR and Clarinda PEARCE.

Caroline COGGESHALL died 11 April 1922 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Caroline COGGESHALL married

Joseph Granton WILBUR-- Date: 4 October 1868 Place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
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Joseph Granton WILBUR was the child of William Bartlett WILBOUR and Clarinda PEARCE

Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916
groom's name: Joseph G. Wilbor
groom's birth date: 1830
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 38
bride's name: Caroline M. Coggeshall
bride's birth date: 1837
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 31
marriage date: 04 Oct 1868
marriage place: Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
groom's father's name: Wm. B. Wilbor
groom's mother's name: Clarinda P. Pierce
bride's father's name: Abner Coggeshall
bride's mother's name: Elizabeth Albert
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indexing project (batch) number: I09357-8
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source film number: 913055
reference number: 53

Children of Joseph Granton WILBUR and Caroline COGGESHALL:

Cora Elizabeth WILBUR (b.7 October 1869, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 26 February 1939, Sumter, South Carolina, USA)

Joseph Granton WILBUR (b.February 1872, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. abt. 1924, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)

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1837 Birth
13 October 1837
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Caroline Albert
residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
age: 12 years
calculated birth year: 1838
birthplace: Rhode Island
gender: Female
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 22265
digital gs number: 4191657
image number: 00456
line number: 25
dwelling house number: 146
family number: 152
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Abner Cogshall M 58y
Elizabeth Cogshall F 37y
Caroline Albert F 12y
Asa Cogshall M 8y
Mary E Cogshall F 6y
Ellen F Cogshall F 5y
Abner Cogshall M 2y
George F Cogshall M 1y

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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Caroline COGGESHALL and Joseph Granton WILBUR 4 October 1868, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

She was 30 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Cora Elizabeth WILBUR was born 7 October 1869, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Caroline was 32 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph Granton WILBUR died 18 October 1871, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

1872 Birth of Child
Joseph Granton WILBUR was born February 1872, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Caroline was 34 years old.

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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Caroline Wilbur
residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
birthdate: 1838
birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name:
father's birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
mother's name: Elizabeth Coggeshall
mother's birthplace: Rhode Island, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Widowed
age (expanded): 42 years
occupation: Nurse
nara film number: T9-1210
page: 94
page character: A
entry number: 4137
film number: 1255210
Household Gender Age
parent Elizabeth Coggeshall F 67
Abner Coggeshall M 33
Frank Coggeshall M 31
Geo. Henry Coggeshall M 26
Caroline Wilbur F 42
Cora E. Wilbur F 10
Joseph G. Wilbur M 8

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

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.

1905 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Caroline M Wilbur
residence: Tiverton, E.D. 0250, Newport, Rhode Island
age: 68
gender: Female
race or color: White
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 13 Oct 1836
birthplace: Tiverton Rhode Island
father's birthplace: Canada French
mother's birthplace: Canada French
relationship to head of household:
number of family in the order of visitation: 19
number in this family: 9
mother of how many children: 3
number of these children living june 1, 1905: 3
digital folder number: 4493053
image number: 00765
film number: 2167012

1905 Rhode Island State Census
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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

1910 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Caroline Wilbour
birthplace: Rhode Island
relationship to head of household: Mother-in-law
residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
marital status: Widowed
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Rhode Island
mother's birthplace: Rhode Island
family number: 28
page number: 1
Household Gender Age
Isaac F Rounds M 64y
child Marganna Rounds F 56y
George C Rounds M 30y
Caroline Wilbour F 72y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Caroline Wilbur
residence: Tiverton, E.D. 079, Newport, Rhode Island
age: 77
estimated birth date: 1838
place of birth: U S
relationship to head of household: Mother
gender: Female
race: White
place of birth: father: U S
place of birth: mother: U S
page number: N
line number: 3
gsu film number: 1769154
1915 Rhode Island State Census
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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

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Newport County, Rhode Island
name: Caroline Wilbour
residence: , Newport, Rhode Island
estimated birth year: 1838
age: 82
birthplace: Rhode Island
relationship to head of household: Mother-in-law
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1821671
digital folder number: 4383805
image number: 00212
sheet number: 29
Household Gender Age
Isaac F Rounds M 74y
child Mary A Rounds F 66y
Caroline Wilbour F 82y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1922 Death
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
name: Caroline M. Wilbur
gender: Female
burial date:
burial place:
death date: 11 Apr 1922
death place: Tiverton, Rhode Island
age: 84
birth date: 1838
birthplace:
occupation:
race:
marital status: Married
spouse's name: Joseph G. Wilbur
father's name: Abner Coggeshall
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Elizabeth Albert
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B03093-7
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source film number: 1939718
reference number: 198
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