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Harriet Ann Hoit (Blish) Cook 7 [f]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born May 22nd, 1824 No Image On File
Birthplace Vassalboro, ME, USA
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died June 6th, 1905, aged about 81 years
Died at... Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Vineyard Haven, county of Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [249]Captain William Blish 6 No Image On File
Mother [249_sa]Katherine (Luce) Blish 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[489_sa] - Captain William Cook, ship master 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Vineyard Haven, county of Martha's Vinyard, MA, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [862] William Howland Cook 8 b. June 23rd, 1849 c. September No Image On File
II [863]+ Ansel Granville Cook 8 b. April 18th, 1862 c. July No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3
Harriet Ann Hoit (Blish) CookCaptain William BlishStacey "grey eagle" BlishJohn BlishReuben Blish
Elizabeth (?) Bodfish
Mary (Goodspeed) BlishEbeneer Goodspeed, Jr.
? (?) Goodspeed
Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish? Barker or "Baxter"?No Entry
No Entry
Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?? Stacey
? (?) Stacey
Katherine (Luce) Blish? LuceNo EntryNo Entry
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No EntryNo Entry
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? (?) LuceNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1824 to 1905
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 10
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 0
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 1
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 6
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 5
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 0 to age 4
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 0
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 0
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 2
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 3
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 3
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 3
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 4
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 4 to age 12
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 4
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 5
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 27
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 6
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 6 to age 36
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 6 to age 13
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 8
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 9
1833:
Telegraph at age 9
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 10
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 11
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 11
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 11 to age 18
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 12
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 12
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 12
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 13
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 13 to age 16
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 13 to age 77
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 13
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 14 to age 15
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 15 to age 18
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 17 to age 20
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 18
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 20
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 21 to age 24
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 21
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 21
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 21 to age 25
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 22 to age 24
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 22
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 24 to age 32
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 24
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 24
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 24
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 25 to age 28
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 25
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 26
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 26
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 26
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 26
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 26
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 27
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 28 to age 35
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 29
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 29 to age 32
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 30
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 30
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 30 to age 32
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 33
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 33 to age 36
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 33 to age 42
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 34
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 34
1859:
Oil Well at age 35
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 35
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 35
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 36
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 36
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 37 to age 41
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 37
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 37
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 37 to age 41
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 37
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 37 to age 41
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 37
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 37
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 37
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 37
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 37
1862:
US Homestead act at age 38
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 39 to age 55
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 39
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 39
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 39
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 39
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 39
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 40
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 40
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 41
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 41
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 41
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 42
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 42 to age 44
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 43
1867:
Dynamite at age 43
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 43
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 43
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 43
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 44 to age 54
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 45 to age 52
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 45
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 45
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 45
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 45
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 46
1870:
US black men can vote at age 46
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 46 to age 47
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 47
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 49 to age 54
1873:
Color Photographs at age 49
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 52
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 52
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 52
1876:
American Centennial at age 52
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 53 to age 56
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 53
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 54
1879:
Zulu war at age 55
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 55
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 57 to age 61
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 57
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 57 to age 72
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 57
1884:
Motorcycle at age 60
1884:
1st subway at age 60
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 61 to age 64
1885:
Automobile at age 61
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 62
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 63
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 64
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 64
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 65
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 65
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 65
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 65
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 65 to age 68
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 65
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 66
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 66
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 66
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 66
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 67
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 69 to age 72
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 69 to age 73
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 69
1893:
Movies at age 69
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 69
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 70
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 70 to age 71
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 72
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 72
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 73 to age 77
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 74
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 75 to age 78
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 75 until after line end
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 76
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 76
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 76
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 77 until after line end
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 77 until after line end
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 77
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 77
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 77
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 77
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 77
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 77
1903:
Airplane at age 79
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 79
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 80 to age 81
1904:
Radar at age 80

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