Charles Alexander RACE

(b. 9 November 1849 , New York, USA d. 10 August 1883 , New York, USA )

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Charles Alexander RACE was born 9 November 1849 in New York, USA

Charles Alexander RACE was the child of Andrew RACE and Elizabeth T HOYT and the grandchild of: (paternal) John W RACE and Isabel MCWHORTER (maternal) Daniel HOYT and Mary Francis WHITE

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Charles Alexander married Mary Etta MILLER? (CANNON) abt. 1877 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Etta MILLER? (CANNON) was born June 1846 in New York, USA. Mary Etta died abt. 1914 in Auburn, New York, USA. Mary Etta was the child of John CANNON and Rosella MILLER.

Charles Alexander RACE died 10 August 1883 in New York, USA.

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"He married Mary Etta Miller and they had a son, Charles Earl Race who, in turn, married Mabel Grace Knox."

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Charles Alexander RACE married

Mary Etta MILLER? (CANNON)-- Date: abt. 1877 Place:
Mary Etta MILLER? (CANNON) was the child of John CANNON and Rosella MILLER

Children of Charles Alexander RACE and Mary Etta MILLER? (CANNON):

Charles Earle RACE (b.21 June 1878, Auburn, New York, USA d. abt. 1937, Auburn, New York, USA)
m. Mable Grace KNOX 12 June 1901 in Auburn, New York, USA

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1849 Birth
9 November 1849
New York, USA

1850 Ulysses, Tompkins, New York
name: Charles Race
residence: Ulysses, Tompkins, New York
age: 2 years
calculated birth year: 1848
birthplace: New York
gender: Male
race (original):
race (expanded):
death month:
death year:
film number: 444322
digital gs number: 4203574
image number: 00478
line number: 33
dwelling house number: 80
family number: 83
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Andrew Race M 30y
Betsy Race F 28y
James Race M 5y
Charles Race M 2y

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

1855 - Scipio, New York
Name: Charles Rees
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States
Age: 7
Relationship to Head of Household: Child
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Andrew Rees Head M 33
Elizabeth Rees Wife F 33
James Wra Rees Child 10
Charles Rees Child 7

Family Number: 253
Line Number: 10
Page: 30
GS Film number: 1435219
Digital Folder Number: 004296305
Image Number: 00219
1855 New York State Census
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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 Scipio, Cayuga, New York
Andrew Race, age 38, landlord, b. NY
Elizabeth Race, age 37, housekeeper, b. NY
James Race, age 15, b. NY
Charles Race, age 12, b. NY
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

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.

Charles Alexander RACE - Race brothers l to r: Charles A. Race and James W. Race circa 1867

Race brothers
l to r: Charles A. Race and James W. Race circa 1867

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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 Scipio, Cayuga, New York
name: Charles A Race
estimated birth year: 1848
gender: Male
age in 1870: 22y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: New York
home in 1870: New York, United States
Household Gender Age
John Snyder M 44y
Susan A Snyder F 42y
Anna E Snyder F 17y
Mahd Snyder F 13y
Mary Baemmin F 17y
Charles A Race M 22y
Mary E Race F 23y

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.

1878 Birth of Child
Charles Earle RACE was born 21 June 1878, Auburn, New York, USA

Charles Alexander was 28 years old.

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

1880 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
name: Charles A. Race
residence: Auburn, Cayuga, New York
birthdate: 1847
birthplace: New York, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Mary E. Race
spouse's birthplace: New York, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: New York, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Connecticut, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 33 years
occupation: Merchant
nara film number: T9-0813
page: 226
page character: B
entry number: 2866
film number: 1254813
Household Gender Age
Charles A. Race M 33
spouse Mary E. Race F 34
child Earle C. Race M 2
Rosilla Cannon F 61

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.