Cynthia Gifford COGGESHALL

(b. 14 June 1861 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA d. 18 February 1904 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Cynthia Gifford COGGESHALL was born 14 June 1861 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Cynthia Gifford COGGESHALL was the child of David A COGGESHALL and Julia Ann DURFEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abner COGGESHALL and Phebe DAVOL (DEVOL) (maternal) Gideon Gifford DURFEE and Pamelia FRANCIS

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Cynthia Gifford married Joseph D DURFEE abt. 1873 in Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph D DURFEE was born 11 January 1836 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Joseph D died 20 December 1901 in At Sea*. Joseph D was the child of Job DURFEE and Ruth COGGESHALL.

Cynthia Gifford COGGESHALL died 18 February 1904 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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Joseph D DURFEE-- Date: abt. 1873 Place: , Rhode Island, USA
Joseph D DURFEE was the child of Job DURFEE and Ruth COGGESHALL

Children of Joseph D DURFEE and Cynthia Gifford COGGESHALL:

Ruth W DURFEE (b.23 May 1875, , Rhode Island, USA d. , )

Andrew Jackson DURFEE (b.29 April 1878, , Rhode Island, USA d. 19 December 1960, , Rhode Island, USA)

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1861 Birth
Name: Cynthia Gifford Coggeshall
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 14 Jun 1861
Birthplace: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
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Father's Name: David Coggeshall
Father's Birthplace:
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Mother's Name: Julia Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09358-7
Syst Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 913054
Reference Number: p 21
Collection: Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1878-1914

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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 - Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Name: Cynthia Coggeshall
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Dwelling Number: 269
Home in 1870: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Race: White
Gender: Female
Attended School: Y
Inferred Father: David Coggeshall
Inferred Mother: Julia A Coggeshall
Household Members:
Name Age
David Coggeshall 47
Julia A Coggeshall 41
Abner A Coggeshall 20
Lydia F Coggeshall 18
Julia M Coggeshall 15
Ella M Coggeshall 13
Gideon G Coggeshall 11
Cynthia Coggeshall 9
David A Coggeshall 5
Willie T Coggeshall 4/ 12
1870 US Census

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1875 Birth of Child
Ruth W DURFEE was born 23 May 1875, , Rhode Island, USA

Cynthia Gifford was 13 years old.

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.

1878 Birth of Child
Andrew Jackson DURFEE was born 29 April 1878, , Rhode Island, USA

Cynthia Gifford was 16 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Tiverton, Rhode Island
Name: Cynthia G. Durfee
Age: 19
Birth Date: Abt 1861
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1880: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Street: Shove Ville
House Number: 193
Dwelling Number: 390
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Joseph D. Durfee
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph D. Durfee 44
Cynthia G. Durfee 19
Ruth W. Durfee 5
Andrew J. Durfee 2
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

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.

1901 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph D DURFEE died 20 December 1901, At Sea*

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 Death
Name: Cynthia G. Coggeshall Durfee
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 22 Feb 1904
Burial Place: No. Tiverton, R.I.
Death Date: 18 Feb 1904
Death Place: Fall River, Massachusetts
Age: 48
Birth Date: 1856
Birthplace: Tiverton, R.I.
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Joseph D. Durfee
Father's Name: David Coggeshall
Father's Birthplace: Tiverton, R.I.
Mother's Name: Julia A. Durfee
Mother's Birthplace: Tiverton, R.I.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07463-2
Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2069517
Reference Number: v 38 cn 508
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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