Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Born

April 1861 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

14 September 1922 , Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte "Lottie" married Charles A ROTHHAUS (ROTHOUSE) 5 September 1877 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
Charles A ROTHHAUS (ROTHOUSE) was born abt. 1855

Charlotte "Lottie" married Fred H THOMPSON 20 May 1884 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Fred H THOMPSON was born 7 November 1863 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Fred H died 17 May 1940 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA . Fred H was the child of Charles Waterman THOMPSON and Mary Elizabeth TOWER .

Parents & Family of Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Parents of Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Father

Georg Jacob GIMLICH (GEMLICH)

Mother

Mary (Anna Maria) LANGE GREIBER (LEDIG)

Grandparents of Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Ludwig LANG Unknown UNKNOWN

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH married

Charles A ROTHHAUS (ROTHOUSE)
Marriage date: 5 September 1877
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Marriage notes:

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

groom's name: Charles Rothhaus

groom's birth date: 1855

groom's birthplace:

groom's age: 22

bride's name: Lottie Gimlich

bride's birth date: 1861

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 16

marriage date: 05 Sep 1877

marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

groom's father's name: Theodore

groom's mother's name: Mina

bride's father's name: Jacob

bride's mother's name: Mary

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indexing project (batch) number: I01261-8

system origin: Massachusetts-EASy

source film number: 1902438

reference number: 42

Children of Charles A ROTHHAUS (ROTHOUSE) and Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

No children are currently listed for this couple.

Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH married

Fred H THOMPSON
Marriage date: 20 May 1884
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Fred H THOMPSON was the child of Charles Waterman THOMPSON and Mary Elizabeth TOWER

Marriage notes:

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

groom's name: Fred H. Thompson

groom's birth date: 1864

groom's birthplace:

groom's age: 20

bride's name: Lottie Gimlich Rothus

bride's birth date: 1862

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 22

marriage date: 20 May 1884

marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

groom's father's name: Chas. W. Thompson

groom's mother's name: Mary E. Tower

bride's father's name: Jacob

bride's mother's name: Maria

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indexing project (batch) number: I09661-7

system origin: Massachusetts-EASy

source film number: 234553

reference number: p 86

Children of Fred H THOMPSON and Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH

Louis Frederick THOMPSON

Born: 29 May 1880, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 June 1945, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Waterman THOMPSON

Born: 15 March 1885, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 July 1923, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Mary E THOMPSON

Born: abt. 1889, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1981, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick Howard THOMPSON

Born: 28 September 1890, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 June 1965, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA

Estella "Stella" Grace THOMPSON

Born: 28 November 1892, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 17 July 1968, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1861
April 1861
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Mary Gimlich, 50, b. Germany, widow
Jacob Gimlich, 20, b. Germany, fact. op.
Rachel Gimlich, 17, b. Germany, fact. op.
Christina Gimlich, 15, b. NY, fact. op.
George Gimlich, 16, b. Germany, fact. op.
Julia Gimilch, 12, b. NY, fact. op.
Mary Gimlich, 10, b. NY
Lottie Gimlich, 4, b. MA

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1865 Massachusetts Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH and Charles A ROTHHAUS (ROTHOUSE) 5 September 1877, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

She was 16 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Louis Frederick THOMPSON was born 29 May 1880, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Charlotte "Lottie" was 19 years old.

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 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH and Fred H THOMPSON 20 May 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

She was 23 years old.

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

1885 Birth of Child
Charles Waterman THOMPSON was born 15 March 1885, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Charlotte "Lottie" was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Frederick Howard THOMPSON was born 28 September 1890, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Charlotte "Lottie" was 29 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Estella "Stella" Grace THOMPSON was born 28 November 1892, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Charlotte "Lottie" was 31 years old.

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.

1900 Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name: Lottie Thompson
titles:
Residence: Chicopee city, Hampden, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Apr 1861
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse Name: Fred Thompson
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: Massachusetts
father Name:
father titles:
father birthPlace: Germany
mother Name:
mother titles:
mother birthPlace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Fred Thompson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 21
estimated marriage year: 1879
mother how many children: 5
number living children: 5
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0508
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Household ID: 20
reference number: 93
gsu Film Number: 1240649
Image Number: 00000641
Household Gender Age
spouse Fred Thompson M
Lottie Thompson F
child Lewis Thompson M
child Charles Thompson M
child Mary Thompson F
child Frederick Thompson M
child Stella Thompson F

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1910 Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name: Lottie Thompson
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Chicopee Ward 2, Hampden, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Germany
family number: 106
page number: 5
Household Gender Age
spouse Fred H Thompson M 47y
Lottie Thompson F 49y
child Charles W Thompson M 25y
child Mary E Thompson F 21y
child Fred H Thompson M 18y
child Stella Grace Thompson F 17y

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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 Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name: Lottie Thompson
Residence: Chicopee Ward 2, Hampden, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1863
Age: 57
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820699
Digital Folder Number: 4301096
Image Number: 00303
sheet number: 2
Household Gender Age
spouse Fred H Thompson M 55y
Lottie Thompson F 57y
child Mary E Thompson F 30y
child Fred H Thompson M 29y
child Stella G Thompson F 27y

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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.