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Appleton Dorrance 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
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Died June 18th, 1887
Died at... Andover, CT, USA
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Burial Place Family Lot, Willimantic
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Parents
Father [506_sa_f]Gershom Dorrance 6 No Image On File
Mother [506_sa_m]Sarah (Rossiter) Dorrance 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[506] - Abbie Ann (Blish) Dorrance 7

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Married at: Willimantic, CT, USA

Children by this spouse:
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Personalized History Timeline, 1787 to 1887
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 21
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 47
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 33
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 0
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 0
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 0
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 0
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 1
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 1
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 1
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 1
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 1
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 1
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 1
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 1
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 1
1789:
US Army Established at age 2
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 2
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 2 to age 9
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 3
1790:
1st official US census at age 3
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 3
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 4
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 4
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 5 to age 28
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 5
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 5
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 6
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 6
1794:
US Navy Established at age 7
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 7
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 7
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 9
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 9
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 9 to age 13
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 9
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 11 to age 13
1798:
Lithography at age 11
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 11
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 11
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 12
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 13
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 13 to age 22
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 13
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 13
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 15
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 16
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 16
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 16
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 17 to age 19
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 17
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 18
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 18
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 20
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 21
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 21
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 22
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 22 to age 29
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 23
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 23
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 25
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 25 to age 27
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 25
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 28
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 28
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 28
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 29
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 29
1816:
Stethoscope at age 29
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 30
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 30 to age 37
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 30
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 36
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 30 to age 38
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 30
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 31
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 31
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 32
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 32
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 32
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 33 to age 43
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 33
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 34 to age 42
1821:
1st US women's college at age 34
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 34
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 34
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 35
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 37
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 37
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 37 to age 41
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 39
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 40
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 40
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 40
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 41
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 41 to age 49
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 41
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 42
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 64
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 43 to age 73
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 43 to age 50
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 43
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 45
1833:
Telegraph at age 46
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 46
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 47
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 48
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 48
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 48 to age 55
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 49
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 49
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 49
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 50 to age 53
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 50
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 50 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 50
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 51 to age 52
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 52 to age 55
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 54 to age 57
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 55
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 57
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 58
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 58
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 58 to age 62
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 58 to age 61
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 59
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 59 to age 61
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 61
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 61
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 61 to age 69
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 61
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 62
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 62 to age 65
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 63
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 63
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 63
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 63
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 63
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 64
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 65 to age 72
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 66 to age 69
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 66
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 67
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 67 to age 69
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 67
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 70
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 70 to age 79
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 70 to age 73
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 71
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 71
1859:
Oil Well at age 72
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 72
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 72
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 73
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 73
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 74
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 74
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 74 to age 78
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 74
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 74
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 74 to age 78
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 74
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 74 to age 78
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 74
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 74
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 74
1862:
US Homestead act at age 75
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 76
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 76
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 76
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 76 to age 92
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 76
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 76
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 77
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 77
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 78
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 78
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 78
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 79 to age 81
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 79
1867:
Dynamite at age 80
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 80
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 80
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 80
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 80
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 81 to age 91
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 82
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 82 to age 89
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 82
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 82
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 82
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 83 to age 84
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 83
1870:
US black men can vote at age 83
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 84
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 86 to age 91
1873:
Color Photographs at age 86
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 89
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 89
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 89
1876:
American Centennial at age 89
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 90 to age 93
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 90
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 91
1879:
Zulu war at age 92
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 92
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 94
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 94 to age 98
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 94
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 94 until after line end
1884:
1st subway at age 97
1884:
Motorcycle at age 97
1885:
Automobile at age 98
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 98 until after line end
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 99
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 100

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