Laura WEBSTER

(b. 29 October 1808 , Hebron, Connecticut, USA d. 18 April 1890 , Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, USA )

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Laura WEBSTER was born 29 October 1808 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA

Laura WEBSTER was the child of ? and ?

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Laura married Lucias WOODS 7 April 1833 in Hebron, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Lucias WOODS was born 9 October 1805 in Barnard, Vermont, USA. Lucias died 14 December 1884 in Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, USA. Lucias was the child of Paul WOODS and Mary WINSLOW.

Laura WEBSTER died 18 April 1890 in Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, USA.

Daughter of Ezekiel Webster and Matilda Chapin

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Laura WEBSTER married

Lucias WOODS-- Date: 7 April 1833 Place: Hebron, Connecticut, USA
Lucias WOODS was the child of Paul WOODS and Mary WINSLOW

Children of Lucias WOODS and Laura WEBSTER:

Oscar WOODS (b.abt. 1834, , Ohio, USA d. , )

Carlos WOODS (b.6 May 1840, Freedom, Portage, Ohio, USA d. , )

Winslow WOODS (b.1 March 1847, Charlestown, Portage, Ohio, USA d. , )
m. Rebecca D SAVAGE 9 October 1872

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1808 Birth
Name: Laura Webster
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1808
Birthplace: HEBRON TWP,TOLLAND,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Ezekiel Webster
Mother's Name: Matilda
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450375 , System Origin: Connecticut-ODM , GS Film number: unknown

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

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1833 Marriage / Partner
Laura WEBSTER and Lucias WOODS 7 April 1833 , Hebron, Connecticut, USA (Turnerville)

She was 24 years old.

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.

1840 Birth of Child
Carlos WOODS was born 6 May 1840, Freedom, Portage, Ohio, USA

Laura was 31 years old.

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

1847 Birth of Child
Winslow WOODS was born 1 March 1847, Charlestown, Portage, Ohio, USA

Laura was 38 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Warren, Ohio
Name: Laura Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1810
Birthplace: Connecticut
House Number: 174
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lucius Wood M 43 Vermont
Laura Wood F 40 Connecticut
Oscar Wood M 16 Ohio
Callor Wood M 10 Ohio
Winslow Wood M 4 Ohio
Household ID: 192 , Line Number: 16 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 733 , GS Film Number: 444726 , Digital Folder Number: 004093960 , Image Number: 00574
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

1860 - Braceville, Ohio
Name: Laura Woods
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Braceville Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 51
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
Birthplace: Connecticut
Page: 57
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lucius Woods M 54 Vermont
Laura Woods F 51 Connecticut
Carlas Woods M 20 Ohio
Winslow Woods M 13 Ohio
Household ID: 448 , GS Film Number: 805040 , Digital Folder Number: 004304716 , Image Number: 00234
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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