Etta BRIGGS

(b. April 1866 , North Adams, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1914 , Connecticut, USA )

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Etta BRIGGS was born April 1866 in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Etta BRIGGS was the child of Russell Brown BRIGGS and Eliza MANCHESTER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Asaph Leonard BRIGGS and Lilly EATON (maternal) Abel O. MANCHESTER and Sophia DAVIS

Etta BRIGGS died abt. 1914 in Connecticut, USA.

m (1) ? Converse
m (2) Louis A Burbach (1865 – 24 Dec 1904, Middletown, Connecticut) in 1890
Residence Vernon, Connecticut

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1866 Birth
April 1866
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: Eddie G. Briggs
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 23 Apr 1866
Event Place: Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: Russell Briggs
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Mother's Name: Eliza
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GS Film number: 1428037
Digital Folder Number: 4341185
Image Number: 684

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXZZ-P42 : accessed 17 Jul 2013), Eddie G. Briggs, 1866.
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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)

1880 - Vernon, Connecticut
Name: Etta Briggs
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
District: ED 151
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: Works In Cabinet Mill
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household: Dau
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, United States
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Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 65
Sheet Number and Letter: 65D
Household ID: 5388428
Person Number: 3
Volume: 2
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0109
GS Film Number: 1254109
Digital Folder Number: 005157326
Image Number: 00384

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Russell Briggs Self M 44 Massachusetts, United States
Eliza Briggs Wife F 43 Vermont, United States
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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

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

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

1910
Name: Mrs Etta Burbank
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1910
Street address: 92 W Main
Residence Place: Vernon Rockville, Connecticut
Publication Title: Vernon Rockville, Connecticut, City Directory, 1910

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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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

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