Rebecca NURSE (NOURSE)

(b. 22 December 1812 , Littleton, New Hampshire, USA d. abt. 1865 , Lynn, Massachusetts, USA )

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Rebecca NURSE (NOURSE) was born 22 December 1812 in Littleton, New Hampshire, USA

Rebecca NURSE (NOURSE) was the child of Phineas NURSE (NOURSE) and Anna THOMPSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benjamin NURSE and Mercy STEVENS

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Rebecca married Joseph Souther KIDDER 30 March 1836 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA . Joseph Souther KIDDER was born 20 October 1810 in Irasburg, Vermont, USA. Joseph Souther died 11 January 1907 in Vermont, USA.

Rebecca NURSE (NOURSE) died abt. 1865 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
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Joseph Souther KIDDER-- Date: 30 March 1836 Place: Salem, Massachusetts, USA

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1812 Birth
22 December 1812
Littleton, New Hampshire, 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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Rebecca NURSE (NOURSE) and Joseph Souther KIDDER 30 March 1836, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

She was 23 years old.

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.