Elmira
CATES
(b.
28 October 1813
,
Cutler, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
d.
5 June 1891
,
Harrington, Maine, USA
)
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Elmira CATES was born 28 October 1813 in Cutler, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
Elmira CATES was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elmira married James Alden GRANT . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James Alden GRANT was born 10 May 1810 in Cutler, Maine, USA. James Alden died 8 January 1865 in Columbia, Maine, USA.
Elmira CATES died 5 June 1891 in Harrington, Maine, USA.
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Family and Children of Elmira CATES
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Children of James Alden GRANT and Elmira CATES:
James Alden GRANT (b.22 August 1832, Cutler, Maine, USA d. 18 June 1864, Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA)
m. Lydia E Mae ANDREWS
James Alden GRANT-- Place: Children of James Alden GRANT and Elmira CATES:
James Alden GRANT (b.22 August 1832, Cutler, Maine, USA d. 18 June 1864, Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA)m. Lydia E Mae ANDREWS
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1813 Birth 28 October 1813
Cutler, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
1832 Birth of ChildJames Alden GRANT was born 22 August 1832, Cutler, Maine, USA
Elmira was 18 years old.
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.
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)
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 Death of ChildJames Alden GRANT died 18 June 1864, Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Elmira was 50 years old.
1865 Death of Spouse/PartnerJames Alden GRANT died 8 January 1865, Columbia, Maine, USA
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 Death 5 June 1891
Harrington, Maine, USA
She died at the age of 77.
Added: 4/28/2023 2:06:33 PM
- Updated: 4/28/2023 2:06:33 PM
The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
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