Orville Darwin SHELDON

(b. 29 September 1861 , Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA d. 9 May 1929 , Barre, Massachusetts, USA )

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Orville Darwin SHELDON was born 29 September 1861 in Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA

Orville Darwin SHELDON was the child of Nathan Orlin SHELDON and Emily WINEGAR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Uriah SHELDON and Clarista SPICER (maternal) Chester WINEGAR and Margaret OFFENSEND

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Orville Darwin married Mary Frances THOMPSON . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Mary Frances THOMPSON was born 15 August 1868 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA (Glenville) (Horseneck). Mary Frances died 6 November 1946 in Petersham, Massachusetts, USA.

Orville Darwin SHELDON died 9 May 1929 in Barre, Massachusetts, USA.

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Orville Darwin SHELDON married

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Children of Orville Darwin SHELDON and Mary Frances THOMPSON:

Anna L SHELDON (b.June 1889, , New York, USA d. , )

Nathan William SHELDON (b.9 July 1891, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA d. 27 September 1979, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA )

Orville Thompson SHELDON (b.20 May 1893, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA d. 8 December 1943, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Arthur Chester SHELDON (b.9 April 1898, Greenwich, Massachusetts, USA* d. 24 June 1991, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Freida Mary RICHARDS 29 April 1919 in Barre, Massachusetts, USA

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1861 Birth
29 September 1861
Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA

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

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

1889 Birth of Child
Anna L SHELDON was born June 1889, , New York, USA

Orville Darwin was 27 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Nathan William SHELDON was born 9 July 1891, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA

Orville Darwin was 29 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1893 Birth of Child
Orville Thompson SHELDON was born 20 May 1893, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA (Glenville) (Horseneck)

Orville Darwin was 31 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Birth of Child
Arthur Chester SHELDON was born 9 April 1898, Greenwich, Massachusetts, USA*

Orville Darwin was 36 years old.

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time