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Gilbert Burns Norton 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born June 29th, 1833 No Image On File
Birthplace South Glastonbury, Conencticut, USA
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Parents
Father [709saf]William Henry Norton 6 No Image On File
Mother [709sam]Harriet Eliza (Amidon) Norton 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[709] - Demis Jane (Blish) Norton 7

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Married at: Hebron, Connecticut, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1120] Charles Eugene Norton 8 b. February 4th, 1862 c. May No Image On File
II [1121] Fred Herbert Norton 8 b. March 29th, 1864 c. June No Image On File
III [1122] Otis Gilbert Norton 8 b. June 29th, 1866 c. September No Image On File
IV [1123] Arthur Willard Norton 8 b. May 17th, 1871 c. August No Image On File
V [1124] Henry Marshall Norton 8 b. October 6th, 1876 c. January No Image On File
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Personalized History Timeline, 1833 to 1933
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 1
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 3
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 18
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 27
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 4
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 0
1833:
Telegraph at age 0
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 1
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 2 to age 9
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 2
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 2
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 3
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 3
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 3
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 4
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 4 to age 68
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 4
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 4 to age 7
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 5 to age 6
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 6 to age 9
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 8 to age 11
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 9
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 11
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 12
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 12 to age 16
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 12
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 12 to age 15
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 13
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 13 to age 15
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 15
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 15 to age 23
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 15
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 15
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 16 to age 19
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 16
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 17
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 17
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 17
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 17
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 17
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 18
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 26
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 20 to age 23
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 20
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 21
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 21
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 21 to age 23
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 24 to age 33
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 24
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 24 to age 27
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 25
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 25
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 26
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 26
1859:
Oil Well at age 26
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 27
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 27
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 28
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 28 to age 32
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 28
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 28
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 28
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 28 to age 32
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 28
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 28
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 28
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 28 to age 32
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 28
1862:
US Homestead act at age 29
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 30
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 30
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 30
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 46
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 30
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 30
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 31
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 31
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 32
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 32
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 32
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 33
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 33 to age 35
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 34
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 34
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 34
1867:
Dynamite at age 34
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 34
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 35 to age 45
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 36
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 36
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 36
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 36 to age 43
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 36
1870:
US black men can vote at age 37
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 37
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 37 to age 38
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 38
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 40 to age 45
1873:
Color Photographs at age 40
1876:
American Centennial at age 43
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 43
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 43
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 43
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 44 to age 47
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 44
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 45
1879:
Zulu war at age 46
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 46
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 48 to age 52
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 48
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 48 to age 63
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 48
1884:
1st subway at age 51
1884:
Motorcycle at age 51
1885:
Automobile at age 52
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 52 to age 55
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 53
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 54
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 55
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 55
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 56
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 56 to age 59
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 56
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 56
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 56
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 56
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 57
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 57
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 57
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 57
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 58
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 60 to age 64
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 60
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 60
1893:
Movies at age 60
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 60 to age 63
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 61 to age 62
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 61
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 63
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 63
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 64 to age 68
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 65
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 66 to age 69
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 66 to age 90
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 67
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 67
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 67
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 68
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 68
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 68 to age 77
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 68
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 68
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 68
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 68
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 68 to age 75
1903:
Airplane at age 70
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 70
1904:
Radar at age 71
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 71 to age 72
1907:
Plastic at age 74
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 74
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 75
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 76 to age 79
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 76
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 76
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 77 until after line end
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 77
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 77
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 78
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 79
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 79
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 79
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 79
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 80 to age 87
1914:
The Bra at age 81
1914-1919:
World War I from age 81 to age 86
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 82
1916:
Sonar at age 83
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 83
1917:
US enters WWI at age 84
1917:
Russian revolution at age 84
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 85 to age 87
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 85 to age 100
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 86
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 86
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 87
1920:
Palestine established at age 87
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 87 to age 96
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 88 to age 91
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 89
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 92 to age 95
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 92
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 93
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 94
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 94
1928:
Television at age 95
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 95
1928:
Video Recordings at age 95
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 95
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 96
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 96 until after line end
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 96 to age 99
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 97
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 98 to age 100
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 100 until after line end
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 100
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 100
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 100

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