Elnora BURLEW

(b. abt. 1832 , Cheesequake, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 20 February 1883 , Springport, New York, USA )

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Elnora BURLEW was born abt. 1832 in Cheesequake, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Elnora BURLEW was the child of Stephen BURLEW and Dorcas WARNE

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Elnora married James WOOD abt. 1862 in Cayuga County, New York, USA . James WOOD was born abt. 1831 in New Jersey, USA. James died abt. 1875 in Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs). James was the child of Peter B. WOOD and Catherine BURLEW.

Elnora BURLEW died 20 February 1883 in Springport, New York, USA .
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James WOOD-- Date: abt. 1862 Place: Cayuga County, New York, USA
James WOOD was the child of Peter B. WOOD and Catherine BURLEW

Elnora A. Burlew, b. 1832, d. Feb. 20, 1883; m. 1862, James Wood, d. 1875. Residence, Union Springs, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Engaged in tile business. No children.

Title A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America: Principally the Descendants of Thomas Warne, Born 1652, Died 1722, One of the Twenty-four Proprietors of East New Jersey
Author George Warne Labaw
Publisher Frank Allaben genealogical Company, 1911
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Feb 19, 2008
Length 701 pages

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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.

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

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

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 - Springport, New York
Name: Elena Wood
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831-1832
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page Number: 55
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Wood Male 39 New Jersey
Elena Wood Female 38 New Jersey
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1875 - Springport, New York
Name: Elnora Wood
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 41
Relationship to Head of Household:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
Family Number: 264
Page: 24
Line Number: 9
GS Film number: 853205
Digital Folder Number: 004858095
Image Number: 00216
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elnora Wood F 41
Brother James V Burlew M 30
Daughter Ida Wood F 11
1875 New York State Census
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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.