flag male ancestor  Samuel James  BURNS

  (b. abt. 1846 ,  Butler, Pennsylvania, USA   d. 17 June 1891 ,  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA )  

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Samuel James BURNS was born abt. 1846 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA

Samuel James BURNS was the child of ?   and   ?

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Samuel James  married  Josephine AULT 27 February 1873 in Chartiers, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephine AULT  was born 14 June 1853 in Robinson, Pennsylvania, USA.  Josephine died 20 October 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 

Samuel James BURNS died 17 June 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Samuel James BURNS married flag female ancestor Josephine AULT-- Date: 27 February 1873 Place: Chartiers, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA


Children of Samuel James BURNS and Josephine AULT:

flag photo of Bertha Leotta BURNS  Bertha Leotta BURNS (b.27 January 1872, Sheradan, Pennsylvania, USA  d. 14 October 1956, Chartiers, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA)
m. Kay Noble Mcdonald RODGERS 26 December 1889 in , Pennsylvania, USA



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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
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.
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.
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.
1872 Birth of Child
Bertha Leotta BURNS was born 27 January 1872, Sheradan, Pennsylvania, USA
marriage1873 Marriage / Partner
Samuel James BURNS and Josephine AULT 27 February 1873, Chartiers, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
marriage1889 Marriage of Child
Bertha Leotta BURNS married 26 December 1889, , Pennsylvania, USA to Kay Noble Mcdonald RODGERS
death1891 Death
17 June 1891
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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