Celia Ann EDWARDS

(b. 10 May 1853 , Portland, Maine, USA d. 17 February 1933 , Brunswick, Maine, USA )

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Celia Ann EDWARDS was born 10 May 1853 in Portland, Maine, USA

Celia Ann EDWARDS was the child of Joshua EDWARDS and Eunice VERRILL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Celia Ann married Ivory COBB 4 July 1868 in Poland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
They divorced. Ivory COBB was born December 1845 in Casco, Maine, USA. Ivory died 19 February 1912 in Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot). Ivory was the child of William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB.

Celia Ann married (2) Samuel William FRENCH 5 October 1878 in Brunswick, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Samuel William FRENCH was born 30 August 1850 in Gardiner, Maine, USA. Samuel William died 25 June 1916 in Augusta, Maine, USA. Samuel William was the child of David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN.

Celia Ann married (3) William P SANFORD 7 December 1916 in Bath, Maine, USA . William P SANFORD was born September 1863 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia). William P died May 1927 in Maine, USA.

Celia Ann married (4) George Herbert COLLINS 3 September 1927 in Brunswick, Maine, USA . George Herbert COLLINS was born 17 November 1873 in Maine, USA.

Celia Ann EDWARDS died 17 February 1933 in Brunswick, Maine, USA.
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Celia Ann EDWARDS married

Ivory COBB-- Date: 4 July 1868 Place: Poland, Maine, USA
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Ivory COBB was the child of William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB

Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907
groom's name: Ivory Cobb
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bride's name: Celia A. Edwards
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marriage date: 04 Jul 1868
marriage place: Poland,Androscoggin,Maine
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indexing project (batch) number: M50285-2
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 11739
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alternate place of marriage: Casco, Maine

Libelant: Celia A. Cobb
Libelee: Ivory Cobb
Former Name of Female: Celia A. Edwards
Date of Divorce: 1876
County Where Divorced: Androscoggin
Notes: Divorce case heard Apr. term, 1876.
Source: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Records (Androscoggin Co.), 15-202 (docket no. 291)

Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (mainegenealogy.net : accessed 13 June 2012), entry for Celia A. Cobb & Ivory Cobb, 1876, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.

Children of Ivory COBB and Celia Ann EDWARDS:

Eunice Hannah COBB (b.23 August 1872, Lewiston, Maine, USA d. 16 June 1917, Poland, Maine, USA )
m. David Albion FRENCH 20 November 1892 in Bath, Maine, USA
m. William MILLER 5 September 1904 in Harpswell, Maine, USA (Orrs Island)

Celia Ann EDWARDS married

Samuel William FRENCH-- Date: 5 October 1878 Place: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Samuel William FRENCH was the child of David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN

Children of Samuel William FRENCH and Celia Ann EDWARDS:

Ernestine FRENCH (b.23 October 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA d. 16 February 1924, Brunswick, Maine, USA)
m. William H DAVIS 21 January 1892 in Brunswick, Maine, USA

Celia Ann EDWARDS married

William P SANFORD-- Date: 7 December 1916 Place: Bath, Maine, USA

Children of William P SANFORD and Celia Ann EDWARDS:

Celia Ann EDWARDS married

George Herbert COLLINS-- Date: 3 September 1927 Place: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Name of Groom: George H. COLLINS
Groom's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Name of Bride: Celia A. EDWARDS
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Celia A. FRENCH [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Marriage Date: Saturday, 3 Sept. 1927
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

"Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 27 Jul 2012), entry for George H. COLLINS and Celia A. EDWARDS, Saturday, 3 Sept. 1927, citing Maine Vital Records.

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1850 Her family
1850 Casco (Cumberland) ME
Joshua 26 none 200
Eunice 18
Rosanna 4/ 12

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1853 Birth
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Celia A Edwards
gender: Female
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birth date: 10 May 1853
birthplace: Portland, Maine
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father's name: Joshua Edwards
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mother's name: Eunice
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indexing project (batch) number: I03055-1
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 9781
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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

1860 Poland, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Celia A Edwards
residence: , Androscoggin, Maine
ward: Poland
age: 8 years
estimated birth year: 1852
birthplace: Maine
gender: Female
page: 59
family number: 448
film number: 803432
dgs number: 4231243
image number: 00233
nara number: M653

1860 Poland (Androscoggin) ME
Joshua Edwards 40 Farm Laborer 0 25
Eunice 27
Rosannah 10
Celia A 8
Ephriam 5
Orrin 2
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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
Celia Ann EDWARDS and Ivory COBB 4 July 1868, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

She was 15 years old.

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

1870 Oxford, Oxford, Maine
Edwards Dexter 30 __ at ___ mill 0 100 ME
_____ Unice 35 works in woll mill ME
_____ Ada C 4 ME
_____ Charles L 1 ME
_____ Ephraim 14 Work in w mill ME
_____ Milton 7 ME

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

1872 Birth of Child
Eunice Hannah COBB was born 23 August 1872, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Celia Ann was 19 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Ernestine FRENCH was born 23 October 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Celia Ann was 23 years old.

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.

1878 Marriage / Partner
Celia Ann EDWARDS and Samuel William FRENCH 5 October 1878, Brunswick, Maine, USA

She was 25 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
name: Celia French
residence: Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1852
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Samuel W. French
spouse's birthplace: Maine, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 28 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0477
page: 50
page character: A
entry number: 407
film number: 1254477
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Samuel W. French M 29 Maine, United States
wife Celia French F 28 Maine, United States
dau Tena E. French F 3 Maine, United States
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1880 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Edwards Eunice 40 Wd Keeps house ME ME ME
_____ Una 14 Daughter at home ME ME ME
_____ Charles 11 Son at school ME ME ME
_____ Ellen P 8 Daughter ME ME ME
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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

1892 Marriage of Child
Ernestine FRENCH married 21 January 1892, Brunswick, Maine, USA to William H DAVIS

1892 Marriage of Child
Eunice Hannah COBB married 20 November 1892, Bath, Maine, USA to David Albion FRENCH

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.

1900 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
name: Cecilia French
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 36 Brunswick town (east part) Brunswick village, Cumberland, Maine, United States
birth date: May 1852
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 25
estimated marriage year: 1875
mother how many children: 2
number living children: 2
immigration year:
page: 26
sheet letter: A
family number: 542
reference number: 1
film number: 1240589
digital folder number: 004119816
image number: 00825
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Samuel W French M 51 Maine
wife Cecilia French F 48 Maine
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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.

1904 Marriage of Child
Eunice Hannah COBB married 5 September 1904, Harpswell, Maine, USA (Orrs Island) to William MILLER

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

1912 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ivory COBB died 19 February 1912, Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

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

1916 Marriage / Partner
Celia Ann EDWARDS and William P SANFORD 7 December 1916, Bath, Maine, USA

She was 63 years old.

1916 Death of Spouse/Partner
Samuel William FRENCH died 25 June 1916, Augusta, Maine, USA

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

1917 Death of Child
Eunice Hannah COBB died 16 June 1917, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Celia Ann was 64 years old.

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 - 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.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1924 Death of Child
Ernestine FRENCH died 16 February 1924, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Celia Ann was 70 years old.

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 Marriage / Partner
Celia Ann EDWARDS and George Herbert COLLINS 3 September 1927, Brunswick, Maine, USA

She was 74 years old.

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1927 Death of Spouse/Partner
William P SANFORD died May 1927, , Maine, USA

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
name: Celia A Collins
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
gender: Female
age: 70
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1860
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0007
family number: 114
sheet number and letter: 5B
line number: 80
nara publication: T626, roll 830
film number: 2340565
digital folder number: 4584730
image number: 00223
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George H Collins M 57 Maine
wife Celia A Collins F 70 Maine

NOTE: In the 1930 Census, she lists her age at first marriage as 14.
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 Death
17 February 1933
Brunswick, Maine, USA

She died at the age of 79.

Added: 2/24/2011 2:43:11 PM - Updated: 7/11/2025 4:33:49 PM