Josephine RICHFORD

(b. abt. 1876 , Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1937 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Josephine RICHFORD was born abt. 1876 in Massachusetts, USA

Josephine RICHFORD was the child of Ambrose RICHFORD (ROCHEFORT) and Josephine GAGNON (GAGNE) (GONYA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis (Ambrose) LAFONTAINE RICHFORD and Angeline LAMITIE (GOUYER) ? (maternal) Edouard GAGNON (GAGNE) and Marie GERMAIN

Josephine RICHFORD died abt. 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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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 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Josephine Richford
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 4
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Dau
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 488
Person Number: 3
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Ambrose Richford Self Male 25 New York, United States
Josephine Richford Wife Female 30 Canada
Ambrose Richford Son Male 5 Massachusetts, United States
Josephine Richford Daughter Female 4 Massachusetts, United States
Eward Richford Son Male 2 Massachusetts, United States
Edmond Richford Son Male 0 Massachusetts, United States
Mary Logan Other Female 25 Ohio, 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

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

1895 marriage
Name: Frank A Murier
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Nov 1895
Event Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Gender: Male
Age: 22
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
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Father's Name: Anthony
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Mother's Name: Melina Larose
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Spouse's Name: Josephine Richford
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Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 20
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Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
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Spouse's Father's Name: Ambrose
Spouse's Mother's Name: Josephine Gonya
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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.

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

1920 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Josephine Marrier
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Worcester Ward 9, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 311
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent: Rent
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birthplace: New York
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 10
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Household ID: 237
Line Number: 61
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 752
GS Film Number: 1820752
Digital Folder Number: 004966130
Image Number: 00901

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Josephine Marrier Head F 44 New York
William Sears Boarder M 44 Canada
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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

Death
Name: Josephine Marrier
Death Date: 1937
Death Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 95
Page Number: 98
Index Volume Number: 97
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.97

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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