Edward B CURTIS

(b. 16 October 1843 , Harpswell, Maine, USA d. 30 December 1921 , Bath, Maine, USA )

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Edward B CURTIS was born 16 October 1843 in Harpswell, Maine, USA

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Edward B was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Edward B CURTIS died 30 December 1921 in Bath, Maine, USA.

Spouse:
Emma Curtis (1844 - 1900)

Children:
Lewis Hamilton Curtis (1876 - 1948)*
Edith S Curtis (1878 - 1885)*
Mamie R Curtis (1881 - 1882)*
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1843 Birth
Name: Edward B. Curtes
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1843
Birthplace: CIVIL, BATH, SAGADAHOC, MAINE
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Curtes
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Harriet L. Parks
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C52240-1
System Origin: Maine-EASy
GS Film number: 10562
Reference ID:

'Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4QQ-4Q1 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Edward B. Curtes, 16 Oct 1843.
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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 Bath, Lincoln, Maine

Name: Edward B Curtiss
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Bath, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
House Number: 672
Family Number: 789
Line Number: 15
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 259
GS Film number: 443498
Digital Folder Number: 004198851
Image Number: 00153
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Curtiss M 35 Maine
Harriot L Curtiss F 27 Maine
Edward B Curtiss M 6 Maine
Abby P Curtiss F 4 Maine
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.

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)

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.

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 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine

Name: Edward B Curtis
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Bath Ward 3, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
District: 211
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Father-in-law
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 13A
Household ID: 293
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374558
Digital Folder Number: 004330014
Image Number: 01146
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Fred L Brackley M 42 Maine
Wife Clara E Brackley F 36 Maine
Son Lester M Brackley M 17 Maine
Daughter Madelon C Brackley F 9 Maine
Father-in-law Edward B Curtis M 66 Maine
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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 - 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 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine

Name: Edward B Curtis
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
District: 143
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 10A
Household ID: 124
Line Number: 31
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820649
Digital Folder Number: 004301004
Image Number: 00386
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

Burial Information
Name: Edward B Curtis
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Dec 1921
Event Place: Bath, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1843
Birthplace: Harpswell, Maine
GS Film number: 001001828
Digital Folder Number: 005246538
Image Number: 00826

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQC-LB1 : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Edward B Curtis, 1921.