When Catherine Teresa Longdin was born on 13 May 1872, in Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland, her father, Thomas Longdin, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Jane Davis, was 33. She married Henry Edward Wilson in 1890, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States for about 5 years and Belleville Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1956, at the age of 84, and was buried in Belleville Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
English: see Longden .
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