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James Woodbridge Cheney 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born February 9th, 1838 No Image On File
Birthplace South Manchester, Connecticut, USA
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Occupation(s) Officer of the Cheney Brothers silk mills
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Parents
Father [677saf]George Wells Cheney 6 No Image On File
Mother [677sam]Mary (Cheney) Cheney 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[677] - Harriet Elizabeth (Cheney) Cheney 7

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Children by this spouse:
I [1065]+ John Platt Cheney 8 b. November 12th, 1868 c. February No Image On File
II [1066] Adeline Cheney 8 b. December 2nd, 1870 c. March No Image On File
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Personalized History Timeline, 1838 to 1938
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 13
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 22
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 4
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 63
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 2
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 0 to age 1
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 1 to age 4
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 3 to age 6
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 4
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 6
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 7 to age 10
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 7 to age 11
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 7
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 7
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 8 to age 10
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 8
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 10 to age 18
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 10
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 10
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 10
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 11 to age 14
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 11
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 12
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 12
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 12
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 12
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 12
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 13
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 21
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 15
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 15 to age 18
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 16
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 16 to age 18
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 16
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 19 to age 22
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 19
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 19 to age 28
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 20
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 20
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 21
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 21
1859:
Oil Well at age 21
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 22
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 22
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 23
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 23
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 23 to age 27
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 23
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 23 to age 27
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 23
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 23
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 23 to age 27
1862:
US Homestead act at age 24
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 41
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 25
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 25
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 25
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 25
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 25
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 26
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 26
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 27
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 27
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 27
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 28 to age 30
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 28
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 29
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 29
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 29
1867:
Dynamite at age 29
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 29
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 30 to age 40
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 31
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 31
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 31 to age 38
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 31
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 31
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 32
1870:
US black men can vote at age 32
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 32 to age 33
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 33
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 35 to age 40
1873:
Color Photographs at age 35
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 38
1876:
American Centennial at age 38
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 38
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 38
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 39 to age 42
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 39
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 40
1879:
Zulu war at age 41
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 41
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 43
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 43
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 43 to age 47
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 58
1884:
Motorcycle at age 46
1884:
1st subway at age 46
1885:
Automobile at age 47
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 47 to age 50
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 48
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 49
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 50
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 50
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 51
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 51 to age 54
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 51
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 51
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 51
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 51
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 52
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 52
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 52
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 52
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 53
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 55 to age 59
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 55
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 55 to age 58
1893:
Movies at age 55
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 55
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 56
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 56 to age 57
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 58
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 58
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 59 to age 63
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 60
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 61 to age 85
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 61 to age 64
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 62
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 62
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 62
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 63
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 63
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 63 to age 72
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 63
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 63
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 63
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 63
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 63 to age 70
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 65
1903:
Airplane at age 65
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 66 to age 67
1904:
Radar at age 66
1907:
Plastic at age 69
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 69
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 70
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 71
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 71 to age 74
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 71
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 72 to age 98
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 72
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 72
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 73
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 74
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 74
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 74
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 74
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 75 to age 82
1914-1919:
World War I from age 76 to age 81
1914:
The Bra at age 76
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 77
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 78
1916:
Sonar at age 78
1917:
Russian revolution at age 79
1917:
US enters WWI at age 79
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 80 to age 82
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 80 to age 95
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 81
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 81
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 82
1920:
Palestine established at age 82
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 82 to age 91
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 83 to age 86
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 84
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 87 to age 90
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 87
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 88
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 89
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 89
1928:
Video Recordings at age 90
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 90
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 90
1928:
Television at age 90
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 91
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 91 until after line end
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 91 to age 94
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 92
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 93 to age 95
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 95
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 95
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 95
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 95 until after line end
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 96
1935:
Dustbowl at age 97
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 97 to age 98
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 98
1936:
Helicopter at age 98
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 98
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 98 until after line end
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 99 until after line end
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 99
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 100

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