Robert Howard HORN

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26 March 1905 , Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Died

11 August 1962 , Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 57

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Walter Thomas HORN Sadie Miller KAISER

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Born: 26 March 1905 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Walter Thomas HORN

Mother: Sadie Miller KAISER

Paternal grandparents: Peter HORN , Mary Jane CAMPBELL

Maternal grandparents: Henry KAISER , Mary Jane MILLER

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Robert Howard married Mabel ALDERMAN 4 September 1926 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Mabel ALDERMAN was born 20 September 1905 in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA. Mabel died 10 October 1993 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. Mabel was the child of Archie Louis ALDERMAN and Martha MCKANE.

Robert Howard HORN died 11 August 1962 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mabel ALDERMAN
Marriage date: 4 September 1926
Marriage place: Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Mabel ALDERMAN was the child of Archie Louis ALDERMAN and Martha MCKANE

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married at First Baptist Church, Adams, MA

Engagement Announced

Mr and Mrs Archie L Alderman of Richmond street announce the engagement of their daughter Mabel to Robert H Horn son of Mrs and Mrs Walter T Horn of Orchard street. The wedding will take place some time in September.

The North Adams Transcript

North Adams, Massachusetts

July 1, 1926

Children of Robert Howard HORN and Mabel ALDERMAN

Robert Leonard HORN

Born: 26 July 1927, Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 29 April 2016, Delmar, Bethlehem, Albany, New York, USA

Married: Anna Marie ADAMS 18 May 1957 Place: St Louis, Missouri, USA

Jean Hamilton HORN

Born: 20 June 1929, Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 January 1989, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Richard Baker BOYNTON 1954 Place: New Lebanon, New York, USA

June Lois HORN

Born: 29 June 1930, Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1 May 2007, Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Robert Farnam LAMB 5 August 1950 Place: Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Joyce M HORN

Born: 2 May 1932, Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 2020, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Donald Frank FLETCHER 13 September 1952 Place: Adams, Massachusetts, USA

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1905 Birth
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
name: Robert Horn
titles & terms:
event: Birth
event date: 26 Mar 1905
event place: Adams, Massachusetts
gender:
race: white
registration date:
registration place:
christening date:
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christening age:
death date:
death age:
father: Walter T. Horn
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Shelburne Falls
father's age:
mother: Sadie M. Kaiser
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Adams
mother's age:
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additional relatives:
volume/ page/ certificate number: Image 642 p 37 #104
film number: 2057438
digital folder number: 4254650
image number: 642

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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)

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name Robert Horn
Birthplace Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Residence Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status Single
Race White
Gender Male
Immigration Year
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts
Family Number 308
Page Number 17
Household Gender Age
Parent Walter Horn M 28y
Parent Saddie Horn F 24y
Robert Horn M 5y
Henry Boudreau M 21y
Wilford Labounty M 17y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name Robert H Horn
Residence Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year 1905
Age 15
Birthplace Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Gender Male
Race White
Marital Status Single
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Film Number 1820679
Digital Folder Number 4301045
Image Number 00620
Sheet Number 21
Household Gender Age
Parent Walter T Horn M 37y
Parent Sadie K Horn F 34y
Robert H Horn M 15y
Page C Horn F 8y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1926 Marriage / Partner
Robert Howard HORN and Mabel ALDERMAN 4 September 1926, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

1927 Birth of Child
Robert Leonard HORN was born 26 July 1927, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Howard was 22 years old.

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

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 Birth of Child
Jean Hamilton HORN was born 20 June 1929, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Howard was 24 years old.

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)

1930 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Robert H Horn, 25, b. MA, Truckman for father?
Mable A Horn, 24, wife, b. MA
Robert L. Horn, son, 2, b. MA
Jean H. Horn, daughter, 9/ 12, b. MA
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1930 Birth of Child
June Lois HORN was born 29 June 1930, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Howard was 25 years old.

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.

1932 Birth of Child
Joyce M HORN was born 2 May 1932, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Howard was 27 years old.

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 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
name: Robert Horn
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Adams Town, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 35
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1905
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 2-12
family number: 3
sheet number and letter: 1A
line number: 13
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1567
digital folder number: 005460839
image number: 00276
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Robert Horn M 35 Massachusetts
wife Mabel Horn F 34 Massachusetts
son Robert Horn M 12 Massachusetts
daughter Jean Horn F 10 Massachusetts
daughter June Horn F 9 Massachusetts
daughter Joyce Horn F 7 Massachusetts
daughter Janet Horn F 6 Massachusetts
lodger Catherine Callery F 63 England
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Howard HORN - Name: Robert Howard Horn Birth Date: 26 Mar 1905 Birth Place: Adams Death Date: 11 Aug 1962 Last Residence Place: Adams Lodge: Berkshire Occupat

Name: Robert Howard Horn
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1905
Birth Place: Adams
Death Date: 11 Aug 1962
Last Residence Place: Adams
Lodge: Berkshire
Occupation: Farmer

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards 1733–1990. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts

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

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Robert H Horn
Age: 45
Birth Date: abt 1905
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 62
Household Members Age Relationship
Robert H Horn 45 Head
Mabel A Horn
44 Wife
Jean H Horn
20 Daughter
June L Horn
19 Daughter
Joyce M Horn
18 Daughter
Janet S Horn
16 Daughter
Walter J Horn
3 Son
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1950 Marriage of Child
June Lois HORN married 5 August 1950, Adams, Massachusetts, USA to Robert Farnam LAMB

1952 Marriage of Child
Joyce M HORN married 13 September 1952, Adams, Massachusetts, USA to Donald Frank FLETCHER

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1957 Marriage of Child
Robert Leonard HORN married 18 May 1957, St Louis, Missouri, USA to Anna Marie ADAMS

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

Probate
Late Robert H Horn
Leaves $49,252 Estate

An executor's inventory filed yesterday in Probate Court in the estate of Robert H Horn of Adams shows personal property of $4,252.30 and real estate of $45,000. Mabel Horn is executrix.

The North Adams Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
December 18, 1962