Gilbert NURSE

(b. 10 October 1815 , Medway, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 March 1872 , Medway, Massachusetts, USA )

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Gilbert NURSE was born 10 October 1815 in Medway, Massachusetts, USA

Gilbert NURSE was the child of Daniel NURSE (NOURSE) and Candace ADAMS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel NURSE and Patience REED (maternal) Obidiah ADAMS and Abigail HARDING

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Gilbert married Betsey Whiting CARGILL 28 March 1838 in Medway, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Betsey Whiting CARGILL was born 6 December 1813 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA. Betsey Whiting died 20 March 1872 in Medway, Massachusetts, USA. Betsey Whiting was the child of David CARGILL and Hannah WHITING.

Gilbert NURSE died 24 March 1872 in Medway, Massachusetts, USA.
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Gilbert NURSE married

Betsey Whiting CARGILL-- Date: 28 March 1838 Place: Medway, Massachusetts, USA
Betsey Whiting CARGILL was the child of David CARGILL and Hannah WHITING

Children of Gilbert NURSE and Betsey Whiting CARGILL:

George Gilbert NURSE (b.14 July 1842, Medway, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 January 1935, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Anna Maria SMITH 6 March 1864 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro)

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1815 Birth
10 October 1815
Medway, Massachusetts, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert NURSE and Betsey Whiting CARGILL 28 March 1838, Medway, Massachusetts, USA

He was 22 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
George Gilbert NURSE was born 14 July 1842, Medway, Massachusetts, USA

Gilbert was 26 years old.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
George Gilbert NURSE married 6 March 1864, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro) to Anna Maria SMITH

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.