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John H CROUGHWELL

(b. 8 March 1865 , Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 June 1943 , Dalton, Massachusetts, USA )

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John H CROUGHWELL was born 8 March 1865 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

John H CROUGHWELL was the child of George CROUGHAL (CROCKWELL) (CROUGHWELL) and Ann DEVLIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas CROUGHAL and Eliza SMYTH

John H CROUGHWELL died 22 June 1943 in Dalton, Massachusetts, USA.

m. Mary F Marshall

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1865 Birth
8 March 1865
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: John Crockwell
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: At Home
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 393
Person Number: 4
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Anna Crockwell Self Female 43 Ireland
Eliza Crockwell Daughter Female 25 Massachusetts, United States
Patrick Crockwell Son Male 23 Massachusetts, United States
Sarah Crockwell Daughter Female 21 Massachusetts, United States
John Crockwell Son Male 15 Massachusetts, United States
Lucy Crockwell Daughter Female 17 Massachusetts, United States
George Crockwell Son Male 13 Massachusetts, United States
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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 marriage
Name: John Croughwell
Birth Date: 1865
Birthplace: Lanesborough, Berkshire, Ma
Age: 25
Spouse's Name: Mary Marshall
Spouse's Birth Date: 1864
Spouse's Birthplace: England
Spouse's Age: 26
Event Date: 20 Aug 1890
Event Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Father's Name: George Croughwell
Mother's Name: Ann
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Marshall
Spouse's Mother's Name: Delia Russell
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50171-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 250303
Reference ID: 41 15

'Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHTM-HPT : 9 February 2018), John Croughwell and Mary Marshall, 20 Aug 1890; citing reference 41 15; FHL microfilm 250,303.
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)
The Village Street, Lanesboro, Mass.
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1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

Dalton, Massachusetts, USA
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1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

Dalton, Massachusetts, USA
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1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Dalton, Massachusetts
Name: John H Croughwell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 31
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 8
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Household ID: 184
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Film Number: 571
GS Film Number: 1374584
Digital Folder Number: 004971684
Image Number: 01117

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John H Croughwell Head M 45 Massachusetts
Mary F Croughwell Wife F 46 England
John M Croughwell Son M 18 Massachusetts
George E W Croughwell Son M 16 Massachusetts
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Dalton, Massachusetts, USA
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)
Hillcrest, former Home of "Josh Billings", Lanesboro, Mass.

"[Josh Billings] The humorist was one of a dozen children of Scotch-Irish farmer and lawyer Henry Vinal Shaw (1788-1857) and Laura Wheeler (1791-1871). The senior Shaw built the homestead in 1814 then in 1828 he put up a new brick home on Main Street he called Hillcrest. It was opposite Colby's iron furnace, where the library is now. Noise and sooty air drove Shaw to move to New York state after 20 years. Hillcrest, later called Hillcrest Inn, burned in 1974..." The Berkshire Eagle, January 30, 2015
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - Dalton, Massachusetts
Name: John H Croughwell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Dalton Town, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 75
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 2-24
Family Number: 221
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Line Number: 12
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1567
Digital Folder Number: 005460839
Image Number: 00576

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John H Croughwell Head M 75 Massachusetts
Robert E Croughwell Son M 35 Massachusetts
Ella A Croughwell Daughter-in-law F 33 Massachusetts
Roberta N Croughwell Granddaughter F 6 New York
Jacqueline P Croughwell Granddaughter F 0 Massachusetts
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

Grave
Fairview Cemetery
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1943 Death
22 June 1943
Dalton, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 78.

John is buried at: Fairview Cemetery

Dalton, Massachusetts, USA

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