John Gregg BECKETT

(b. August 1865 , Calais, Maine, USA d. 28 December 1912 , Calais, Maine, USA )

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John Gregg BECKETT was born August 1865 in Calais, Maine, USA

John Gregg BECKETT was the child of ? and ?

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John Gregg married Christine Felt GERRY 31 July 1893 in Calais, Maine, USA . Christine Felt GERRY was born 31 July 1871 in Robbinston, Maine, USA. Christine Felt died 11 August 1946 in Calais, Maine, USA. Christine Felt was the child of Elbridge Joseph GERRY and Sophia Teresa JONES.

John Gregg BECKETT died 28 December 1912 in Calais, Maine, USA.

son of John Gregg and Mary S. (Newton) Beckett

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John Gregg BECKETT married

Christine Felt GERRY-- Date: 31 July 1893 Place: Calais, Maine, USA
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Christine Felt GERRY was the child of Elbridge Joseph GERRY and Sophia Teresa JONES

Name of Groom: J. G. BECKETT
Groom's Place of Residence: Calais, Me.
Name of Bride: Christine GERRY
Bride's Place of Residence: Robbinston, Me.
Marriage Date: Monday, 31 July 1893
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 14 Jun 2012), entry for J. G. BECKETT and Christine GERRY, Monday, 31 July 1893, citing Maine Vital Records.

name: Beckett
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: ,,
gender: Male
age:
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father: John G Beckett
mother: Mary S Beckett
spouse: Gerry
spouse's father: E J Gerry
spouse's mother: Sophia Jones
film number: 9893
dgs number: 4543971
image number: 02700

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 12 Dec 2012), E J Gerry in entry for Beckett and Gerry, .

Married John Gregg Beckett (b: 1865 in Calais, Washington, Maine - 28 Dec 1912 in Calais, Washington, Maine)
date of marriage: 31 Jul 1893 in Calais, Washington, Maine

Children:
Charles L Beckett, b. Calais, Maine, d. 16 Jul 1946 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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1865 Birth
August 1865
Calais, Maine, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
John Gregg BECKETT and Christine Felt GERRY 31 July 1893, Calais, Maine, USA

He was 28 years old.

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 - 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