Priscilla M SWETT

(b. October 1843 , Portland, Maine, USA d. 5 May 1922 , Malden, Massachusetts, USA )

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Priscilla M SWETT was born October 1843 in Portland, Maine, USA

Priscilla M SWETT was the child of Lewis SWETT and Sylvia (Silva) W DELANO and the grandchild of: (paternal) James SWETT and Abigail PRIDE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Priscilla M married James W LUNT 25 December 1862 in Falmouth, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
James W LUNT was born 9 October 1834 in Falmouth, Maine, USA. James W died 18 August 1894 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering). James W was the child of Daniel LUNT and Eliza M DUNBAR.

Priscilla M SWETT died 5 May 1922 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA.

NOTE: David Ignatius Popple's great-grandmother

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Priscilla M SWETT married

James W LUNT-- Date: 25 December 1862 Place: Falmouth, Maine, USA
James W LUNT was the child of Daniel LUNT and Eliza M DUNBAR

Children of James W LUNT and Priscilla M SWETT:

Eva L LUNT (b.April 1865, Portland, Maine, USA d. 19 July 1946, Malden, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Henry Clifford MOULTON 22 November 1886 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Ada E LUNT (b.28 June 1867, Westbrook, Maine, USA d. 28 August 1957, Malden, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Stephen Hill LEIGHTON 19 November 1886 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

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1843 Birth
October 1843
Portland, Maine, 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 Portland, Maine
Name: Priscilla Swett
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Portland Ward 3, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
Silva Swett 42
Edward A Swett 17
Georgiana Swett 8
Priscilla Swett 6
Mary F F Swett 4
James W Swett 2
Andrew McGourke 25
Ann McGourke 19
Andrew J Ward 27
Shaw Demick 20
Mary A Malcot 45
Mary W Malcot 3

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1860 Lewiston, Maine
Name: Priscilla M Swett
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Maine
Home in 1860: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Post Office: Lewiston
Family Number: 934
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Baily G Royal 45
Sylvia Royal 52
Franklin Royal 8
Harriet Royal 6
Georgie Sweat 17
Priscilla M Swett 16
Mary F Swett 14
Jennet Carpenter 35
Catharine Palmer 29
Prisilla Collins 84
Eliza C Crocker 26
Eunice J Perkins 27
Releif Pratt 25
Hattie L Hoxie 22
Hattie Davis 20
Leora Palmer 20
Caroline L Gore 17
Adalaide F Small 17
Mary A Pratt 16
Sarah F Carpenter 14
Paul G Coffin 33
Wm Baily 24
John Ward 21
Eliza Callamore 17
George A Royal 16
Lawrence Olary 25

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Priscilla M SWETT and James W LUNT 25 December 1862, Falmouth, Maine, USA

She was 19 years old.

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)

1865 Birth of Child
Eva L LUNT was born April 1865, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Priscilla M was 21 years old.

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Ada E LUNT was born 28 June 1867, Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills)

Priscilla M was 23 years old.

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 Westbrook, Maine
Name: Priscilla Lunt
Age in 1870: 27
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Saccarappa
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Household Members:
Name Age
Jas W Lunt 35
Priscilla Lunt 27
Eva L Lunt 5
Ada E Lunt 3

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.

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)

1880 Deering, Maine
Name: Priscilla M Lunt
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Deering, Cumberland, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James W Lunt
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
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Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
James W Lunt 45
Priscilla M Lunt 36
Eva L Lunt 15
Ada E Lunt 13
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1886 Marriage of Child
Ada E LUNT married 19 November 1886, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) to Stephen Hill LEIGHTON

1886 Marriage of Child
Eva L LUNT married 22 November 1886, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) to Henry Clifford MOULTON

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 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
James W LUNT died 18 August 1894, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

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.

1900 Malden, Massachusetts
Name: Pricella Lunt
Age: 56
Birth Date: Oct 1843
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1900: Malden Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother in Law
Marital Status: Widowed
Marriage Year: 1863
Years Married: 37
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
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Household Members:
Name Age
Henry C Moulton 41
Eva L Moulton 34
Lena W Moulton 10
David Moulton 7
Ruth S Moulton 5/ 12
Pricella Lunt 56

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification