Sarah Elizabeth DAY

(b. 16 December 1835 , Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* d. 27 December 1873 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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Sarah Elizabeth DAY was born 16 December 1835 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Sarah Elizabeth DAY was the child of Moses Henry DAY and Sarah Grosvenor SESSIONS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Elisha DAY and Rebecca LUSCOMB (maternal) Chester SESSIONS and Sarah G READ

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Sarah Elizabeth married Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY 31 October 1860 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY was born 20 November 1831 in Jonesport, Maine, USA. Charles Augustus Wilkins died 22 April 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Charles Augustus Wilkins was the child of John CROSBY and Elizabeth WILKINS.

Sarah Elizabeth DAY died 27 December 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Sarah Elizabeth DAY married

Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY-- Date: 31 October 1860 Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*
Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY was the child of John CROSBY and Elizabeth WILKINS

Children of Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY and Sarah Elizabeth DAY:

Mary Elizabeth CROSBY (b.31 March 1863, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* d. 15 September 1946, Newark, New Jersey, USA)

Frances Grosvenor CROSBY (b.21 March 1867, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* d. 29 January 1941, Nutley, Essex, New Jersey, USA)
m. Sumner Wheeler WHITE 1 December 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

John Day CROSBY (b.9 December 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 November 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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1835 Birth
16 December 1835
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Elizabeth DAY and Charles Augustus Wilkins CROSBY 31 October 1860, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

She was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth CROSBY was born 31 March 1863, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Sarah Elizabeth was 27 years old.

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Frances Grosvenor CROSBY was born 21 March 1867, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Sarah Elizabeth was 31 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
John Day CROSBY was born 9 December 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Sarah Elizabeth was 33 years old.

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.