Eliza GERRY

(b. 4 July 1790 , Manhattan, New York, USA d. 1 May 1882 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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Eliza GERRY was born 4 July 1790 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Eliza GERRY was the child of Elbridge Thomas GERRY and Ann THOMPSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas GERRY and Elizabeth GREENLEAF

Eliza GERRY died 1 May 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

married Major David Townsend

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1790 Birth
4 July 1790
Manhattan, New York, USA

1791 - The Bill of Rights takes effect (December 15)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

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

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 - 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 Jamaica Plan, West Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Eliza G Townsend
estimated birth year: 1790
gender: Female
age in 1870: 80y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: New York
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Eliza G Townsend F 80y New York
Caroline L Townsend F 40y Massachusetts
David Townsend M 41y Massachusetts
Kate Fallen F 19y Ireland
Mary A Edwards F 17y Nova Scotia
William Redmond M 19y New Hampshire
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 - 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 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
name : Eliza G. Townsend
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 89
marital status : Widowed
occupation : Keeping House
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Self
birthplace : New York, United States
birthdate : 1791
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name :
father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
mother's name :
mother's birthplace : New York, United States
page : 573
page character : C
entry number : 99
nara film number : T9-0561
gs film number : 1254561
digital folder number: 004241643
image number: 00210
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Eliza G. Townsend F 89 New York, United States
son David Townsend M 50 Massachusetts, United States
other Mary Mclean F 26 Canada
other Mary I. Mcpherson F 21 Canada
other Eugene Brown M 19 Massachusetts, United States
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.

1882 Death
name: Eliza G. Gerry Townsend
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 01 May 1882
event place: Boston, Massachusetts
residence:
street address: Morton St.
gender: Female
age: 91
marital status: Widowed
occupation:
birth date:
birthplace: New York City
estimated birth year: 1791
burial date:
burial place:
cemetery:
father: Elbridge
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Marblehead
mother: Ann
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: New York City
additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 339 p 110
film number: 960223
frame number:
digital folder number: 4223247
image number: 122

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWM3-23J : accessed 11 Dec 2012), Eliza G. Gerry Townsend, 1882.
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Grave

Forest Hills Cemetery
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA*

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Eliza is buried at: Forest Hills Cemetery

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA*

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Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state