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Betsy Gutteridge
About Betsy Gutteridge |
 Betsy Gutteridge 2/13/1855 - 3/7/1939
| Betsy Gutteridge was born on February 13, 1855 in an unknown place overseas in England and died on March 7, 1939 in East Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. She lived to be 84 years old.
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 | Census | 1/1/1881 | Potteries, Staffordshire ZZ | 25 yrs old | Thomas Gregory (age 30),
Betsey Gregory (26),
Harriet E. Gregory (6),
Sarah J. Gregory (4),
Emily Gregory (3),
Annie Gregory (1). Where born: Potteries, Staffordshire, England
Civil parish: Burntwood Edial and Woodhouses
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Rugeley Road
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Coal Miner
Registration district: Lichfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Piece: 2774
Folio: 64
Page number: 25 |
 | Census | 1/1/1910 | Carroll PA (Cambria County) | 54 yrs old | 569-Thomas Gregory (age 59),
Betsy Gregory (55),Henry C. Gregory (17),
Lucy Gregory (14). Betsy and William were born in England, as were their parents, all others in PA. Thomas is a coal miner. Thomas and Betsy have been married 37 years, they have 11 children. Thomas immigrated to the US in 1879.
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 | Census | 1/1/1920 | East Carroll PA (Cambria County) | 64 yrs old | 69, 70 -Thomas Gregrory Sr.(age 69),
Betsy Gregrory (65). Both were born in England, as were their parents. Thomas is a coal miner. Thomas and Betsy immigrated to the US in 1879. They live on Reilley Rd.
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 | Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1939 | Fairview Cemetery, Patton PA (Cambria County) | 83 yrs old | Thomas Gregory - 1851 - 1939
Betsy Gregory - 1855 - 1931 Fairview Cemetery, Patton,
Cambria County, PA |
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Age | Date | Event |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
4 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
10 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
14 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
22 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
24 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
34 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
40 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
42 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
45 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
45 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
46 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
47 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
48 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
49 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
51 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
51 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
51 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
57 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
58 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
59 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
68 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
68 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
69 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
71 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
72 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
73 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
81 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
83 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
Age | Date | Event |
6 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
7 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
27 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
30 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
53 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
57 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
58 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
62 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
64 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
83 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
84 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
Age | Date | Event |
5 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
7 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
8 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
10 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
13 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
20 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
21 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
54 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
55 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
72 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
74 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
75 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
77 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
78 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
79 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
79 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
80 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
84 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
Age | Date | Event |
54 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
59 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
62 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
64 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
65 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
83 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
84 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
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Marriages
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 | Thomas Gregory Born on an unknown day in March 1851 and died on October 31, 1939
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The Children of Betsy Gutteridge
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 24 years old
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Ellen 'Nellie' Gregory Born in Cambria County, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in September 1884 and died in Akron, Summit County, Ohio on January 8, 1968. She was 83 years old.
She also went by Ella. Her parents were Thomas Gregory (3/1851 England - 10/31/1939 OH) and Betsy Gutridge (2/13/1855 England-3/7/1939)...
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