flag male ancestor  Samuel Gardner  PECKHAM

  (b. 4 October 1839 ,  Fall River, Massachusetts, USA   d. 14 October 1889 ,  New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Samuel Gardner PECKHAM was born 4 October 1839 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Gardner PECKHAM was the child of Benjamin Taylor PECKHAM   and   Philadelphia "Philia" BRAYMAN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Samuel B PECKHAM and Sarah PHILLIPS

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Samuel Gardner  married  Susan Amelia ALLEN 28 August 1854 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Susan Amelia ALLEN  was born 22 May 1834 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.  Susan Amelia died 7 August 1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. 

Samuel Gardner PECKHAM died 14 October 1889 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Samuel Gardner PECKHAM married flag female ancestor Susan Amelia ALLEN-- Date: 28 August 1854 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA


Children of Samuel Gardner PECKHAM and Susan Amelia ALLEN:

flag female ancestor Georgianna PECKHAM (b.23 January 1858, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA  d. , )

flag male ancestor Frank PECKHAM (b.abt. 1860, , Massachusetts, USA  d. , )

Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag male ancestor Eugene Leander PECKHAM (b.26 September 1866, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 December 1948, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT 5 December 1894 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
m. Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT 1941 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

flag female ancestor Sophia Louisa PECKHAM (b.abt. 1869, , Massachusetts, USA  d. , )



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birth1839 Birth
4 October 1839
Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
marriage1854 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Gardner PECKHAM and Susan Amelia ALLEN 28 August 1854, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He was 14 years old.
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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 Birth of Child
Georgianna PECKHAM was born 23 January 1858, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Gardner was 18 years old.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
1866 Birth of Child
Eugene Leander PECKHAM was born 26 September 1866, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Gardner was 26 years old.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
death1889 Death
14 October 1889
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 50.


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