Sarah Ann FOSTER

(b. 18 September 1849 , Holden, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 October 1923 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Sarah Ann FOSTER was born 18 September 1849 in Holden, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann FOSTER was the child of ? and ?

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Sarah Ann married John Wilson BISHOP 4 January 1870 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
John Wilson BISHOP was born 29 May 1846 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean). John Wilson died 22 October 1923 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. John Wilson was the child of William BISHOP and Sarah HOOPER.

Sarah Ann FOSTER died 17 October 1923 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

daughter of Thomas Richardson Foster and Sarah Jane Fales

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Sarah Ann FOSTER married

John Wilson BISHOP-- Date: 4 January 1870 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
John Wilson BISHOP was the child of William BISHOP and Sarah HOOPER

Children of John Wilson BISHOP and Sarah Ann FOSTER:

Mina BISHOP (b.24 January 1871, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

William Thomas BISHOP (b.5 January 1872, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 October 1911, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Frederick Herbert BISHOP (b.19 November 1873, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 September 1874, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Florence Jane BISHOP (b.24 August 1875, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1963, )

Marion BISHOP (b.16 August 1877, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 February 1930, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

John Warren BISHOP (b.14 January 1880, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 October 1934, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Sarah Adelaide BISHOP (b.6 July 1881, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 May 1912, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

Alice Maria BISHOP (b.7 July 1884, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 June 1885, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Nathaniel Smart BISHOP (b.31 January 1886, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 April 1904, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

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1849 Birth
18 September 1849
Holden, Massachusetts, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Ann FOSTER and John Wilson BISHOP 4 January 1870, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Birth of Child
Mina BISHOP was born 24 January 1871, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 21 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
William Thomas BISHOP was born 5 January 1872, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 22 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Frederick Herbert BISHOP was born 19 November 1873, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 24 years old.

1874 Death of Child
Frederick Herbert BISHOP died 26 September 1874, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 25 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Florence Jane BISHOP was born 24 August 1875, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marion BISHOP was born 16 August 1877, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 27 years old.

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)

1880 Birth of Child
John Warren BISHOP was born 14 January 1880, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 30 years old.

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 Birth of Child
Sarah Adelaide BISHOP was born 6 July 1881, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 31 years old.

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Alice Maria BISHOP was born 7 July 1884, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 34 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Death of Child
Alice Maria BISHOP died 5 June 1885, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 35 years old.

1886 Birth of Child
Nathaniel Smart BISHOP was born 31 January 1886, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 36 years old.

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

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

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 Death of Child
Nathaniel Smart BISHOP died 13 April 1904, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 54 years old.

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

1911 Death of Child
William Thomas BISHOP died 13 October 1911, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Ann was 62 years old.

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Death of Child
Sarah Adelaide BISHOP died 12 May 1912, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Sarah Ann was 62 years old.

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