Sullivan MOULTON

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8 July 1871 , Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died

12 September 1945 , Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA

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Wilson Perry MOULTON Catherine Amelia ANGELL

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Born: 8 July 1871 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Wilson Perry MOULTON

Mother: Catherine Amelia ANGELL

Paternal grandparents: Cromwell MOULTON , Lucina A OLNEY

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Sullivan married Maude Evelyn COOKE 30 August 1888 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maude Evelyn COOKE was born 27 December 1872 in Rhode Island, USA. Maude Evelyn died 16 September 1901 in Rhode Island, USA.

Sullivan MOULTON died 12 September 1945 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA .
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Maude Evelyn COOKE
Marriage date: 30 August 1888
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Children of Sullivan MOULTON and Maude Evelyn COOKE

George Cooke MOULTON

Born: 2 August 1893, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died: July 1973, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Minnie LAMBERT Place: , Rhode Island, USA

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Birth — 1871
8 July 1871
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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 - Providence, Rhode Island

Name: Sullivan Moulton
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: At School
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
BirthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 401
Person Number: 4
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Wilson B Moulton Self Male 52 Massachusetts, United States
Catharine A Moulton Wife Female 48 Rhode Island, United States
Laura Moulton Daughter Female 22 Rhode Island, United States
Louis W Moulton Son Male 20 Rhode Island, United States
Sullivan Moulton Son Male 8 Rhode Island, United States

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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

1888 Marriage / Partner
Sullivan MOULTON and Maude Evelyn COOKE 30 August 1888,

He was 17 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 Birth of Child
George Cooke MOULTON was born 2 August 1893, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Sullivan was 22 years old.

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.

1901 Death of Spouse/Partner
Maude Evelyn COOKE died 16 September 1901, , Rhode Island, USA

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.

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)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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