William BEECHER

(b. 14 June 1805 , Southbury, Connecticut, USA d. 10 January 1893 , Newton, Massachusetts, USA )

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William BEECHER was born 14 June 1805 in Southbury, Connecticut, USA

William BEECHER was the child of Nathaniel BEECHER and Dinah SMITH

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

William married Hannah AMMIDOWN 20 February 1827 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Hannah AMMIDOWN was born 18 January 1806 in Charlton, Massachusetts, USA (Charlton City) (Charlton Depot). Hannah died 28 March 1861 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Hannah was the child of Luther AMMIDOWN and Hannah HOVEY.

William BEECHER died 10 January 1893 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

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Occupation

William BEECHER was a manufacturer, town clerk of Southbridge, representative to MA General Court.

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William BEECHER married

Hannah AMMIDOWN-- Date: 20 February 1827 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah AMMIDOWN was the child of Luther AMMIDOWN and Hannah HOVEY

alternate place of marriage Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Children of William BEECHER and Hannah AMMIDOWN:

William Ammidown BEECHER (b.10 July 1828, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 July 1876, St. Croix, Virgin Islands)

Hannah Jane BEECHER (b.7 May 1832, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 May 1897, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

Nancy Ellen BEECHER (b.5 January 1836, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. August 1837, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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1805 Birth
14 June 1805
Southbury, Connecticut, USA

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 - William Beecher comes to Southbridge
In 1826 William Beecher, a jeweler and watchmaker, settles in Southbridge, a small town on the Massachusetts / Connecticut border. He is part of a relatively new trend - jewelers expanding into the business of spectacle making.
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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 Marriage / Partner
William BEECHER and Hannah AMMIDOWN 20 February 1827, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 21 years old.

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1828 Birth of Child
William Ammidown BEECHER was born 10 July 1828, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: William Beecher
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Page Number: 483
Affiliate Publication Number: M19
Affiliate Film Number: 68
GS Film number: 0337926
Digital Folder Number: 004411244
Image Number: 00971
1830 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1832 Birth of Child
Hannah Jane BEECHER was born 7 May 1832, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William was 26 years old.

1833 - Manufacturing of Spectacles Begins
Within seven years of his arrival in Southbridge, William Beecher opens a shop above his jewelry store to manufacture spectacles. Business prospers. Beecher teaches one of his apprentices, a 14-year-old boy named Robert Cole, to craft the first steel-framed spectacles made in America... Southbridge becomes a center of the American spectacle-making industry.
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1836 Birth of Child
Nancy Ellen BEECHER was born 5 January 1836, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William was 30 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1837 Death of Child
Nancy Ellen BEECHER died August 1837, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William was 32 years old.

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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: William Beecher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year (Estimated): 1805
House Number: 1185
Family Number: 1267
Line Number: 20
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 345
GS Film number: 443564
Digital Folder Number: 004181064
Image Number: 00276
Household Gender Age Birthplace
William Beecher M 45 Connecticut
Hannah A Beecher F 44 Massachusetts
Hannah J Beecher F 18 Massachusetts
Hannah Amidon F 74 Massachusetts
Oakman Stearns M 32 Massachusetts
Mary C Maguire F 20 Ireland
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

1855 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: William Beecher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 50
Birth Year (Estimated): 1805
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Family Number: 382
Line Number:
GS Film number: 000953964
Digital Folder Number: 004279378
Image Number: 00053
Household Gender Age Birthplace
William Beecher M 50 Connecticut, United States
Hannah A Beecher F 49 Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Ammidown F 79 Massachusetts, United States
Sarah P King F 35 Massachusetts, United States
1855 Massachusetts Census
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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

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hannah AMMIDOWN died 28 March 1861, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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)

1865 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: William Beecher
Age (Expanded): 60 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1805
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Marital Status: Widowed
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 144
Line Number: 2
GS Film number: 0954383
Digital Folder Number: 4286766
Image Number: 00083
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Stephen Taft M 47y Rhode Island
Joanna Taft F 40y Massachusetts
Alfred C Taft M 21y Massachusetts
Albert M Taft M 19y Massachusetts
Mary Lambert F 22y Ireland
Mary A Hill F 49y Scotland
Mary E Hill F 15y Massachusetts
Mary Hinds F 20y Ireland
Kate Conlon F 19y Ireland
Mary Brady F 27y Ireland
Ellen Donohue F 23y Ireland
William Beecher M 60y Connecticut
M K Olney M 32y Connecticut
Jane M Olney F 32y Massachusetts
Mary Lovine F 7y Massachusetts
E M Cole M 35y Massachusetts
Fannie E Cole F 25y Connecticut
Caroline S Cole F 8y Massachusetts
John Stanley M 46y Maine
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1865 Massachusetts Census
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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.

1876 Death of Child
William Ammidown BEECHER died 9 July 1876, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

William was 71 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.

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

Death
Name: William Beecher
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Jan 1893
Event Place: Newton, Massachusetts
Residence Place:
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 87
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Retired mfgr.
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Southbury, Conn.
Birth Year (Estimated): 1806
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Southbridge
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Nathaniel Beecher
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: West Haven, Conn.
Mother's Name: Dinah Smith
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: v 437 p 337
GS Film number: 961510
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4225005
Image Number: 326

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWC9-HX3 : accessed 23 Dec 2013), William Beecher, 1893.
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