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Emma Coleman is born
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Emma (Coleman) Orchard
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B&O Railroad begins service
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William Orchard is born
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William Orchard
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Slavery is abolished in British Empire
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Colt Revolver is Invented
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Telegraph is invented
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Emma Coleman Marries Mr. Young
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Potato Famine in Ireland
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William Orchard Immigrates to Ontario, Canada
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William marries Emma
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11 Children are born (William & Emma's)
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Darwin's "Origins of Species" is published
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Jeremiah Riordan dies after the battle of Cold Harbor
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Eliza Jane dies (Will & Emma's 7th child)
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
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Dynamite is invented
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German Reich is established
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William turns 40 years old
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Sir Winston Churchill is born
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The battle of Little Big Horn (General Custer)
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Telephone is invented
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Joseph Stalin is born
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Albert Einstein is born
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Light Bulb is invented
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Jane Young dies (Emma's 2nd child)
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John D. Rockefeller refined 90% of America's oil
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FDR is born
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Albert Clarence (AC) Orchard is born (George's son)
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Automobile is invented
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Karl Marx publishes "Das Kapital" (inventing communism)
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George Orchard dies (William's 1st child)
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Phonograph is invented
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Adolf Hitler is born
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William & Emma retire to Michigan
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Mary Ann dies
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William Turns 60 years old
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Radio is invented
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Spanish-American War
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Emma turns 70 years old
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidency begins
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Wright Brothers fly the Kitty Hawk
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Russian Revolution