Paulina Jane Tompkins
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Parents
Lucretia Snell
Lucretia Snell
1798 - 1856
Spouse
Children
Ambrose E Bourn
Ambrose E Bourn
1849 - 1905
John Dudley Bourn
John Dudley Bourn
1850 - 1912
Lucy Francis Bourn
Lucy Francis Bourn
1854 - 1937
Nancy J Bourn
Nancy J Bourn
1857 - 1947
Joseph Anderson Bourn
Joseph Anderson Bourn
1860 - 1937
Mary Susan Bourn
Mary Susan Bourn
1862 - 1940
Charles Albert Bourn
Charles Albert Bourn
1866 - 1937
Siblings

1845


Dec 4
Age: 15y

1846


Sep 23
Age: 16y
1846 • United States president James K. Polk annexes the Republic of Texas, which is regarded as an early example of American imperialism.
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1848


Age: 17y
1848 • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican–American War, is ratified by the Mexican government (cf. February 2, above).

1850


Aug 15
Age: 20y
1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand).

1852


Jan
Age: 21y
1852 Antioch College was founded. Its first president was Horace Mann.

1854


Dec 6
Age: 24y
1854 Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from two Romanian provinces it had conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia.

1857


Jan
Age: 26y
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1859


Age: 28y
1859 • The first intercollegiate baseball game is played, between Amherst and Williams Colleges.
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1861


Age: 30y
1861 • American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.
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1862


Age: 31y
1862 • American Civil War: The besieged Confederate garrison at Fort Macon, North Carolina surrenders.
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1864


Age: 33y
1864 American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
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1867


Age: 36y
1867 Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.

1900


Age: 69y

1910


Age: 79y
1910 Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles.

1917


Jan 3
Age: 86y
1917 • A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them.

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