Augustus HOFFMAN

Born

25 November 1868 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

23 August 1950 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Augustus married Tresa O'CONNOR 4 November 1891 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
Tresa O'CONNOR was born March 1868 in Ireland. Tresa died 23 November 1912 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .

Augustus married Elizabeth Letichia HIGGINS November 1914 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elizabeth Letichia HIGGINS was born 20 August 1894 in Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth Letichia died 24 June 1991 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .

Parents & Family of Augustus HOFFMAN

Parents of Augustus HOFFMAN

Father

Henry HOFFMAN

Mother

Agnes FABRICIUS

Grandparents of Augustus HOFFMAN

Paternal grandparents

Georg David? HOFFMAN Christina Alberrtine? STEINBRENNER?

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustus HOFFMAN

Augustus HOFFMAN married

Tresa O'CONNOR
Marriage date: 4 November 1891
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Marriage notes:

Name: Augustus Hoffman

Event Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1866

Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1891

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage Age: 25

Father Name: Henry

Mother Name: Agnes

Spouse Name: Tresa O'Connor

Spouse Marriage Age: 25

Spouse Father Name: John O'Connor

Spouse Mother Name: Tresa

Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Children of Augustus HOFFMAN and Tresa O'CONNOR

No children are currently listed for this couple.

Augustus HOFFMAN married

Elizabeth Letichia HIGGINS
Marriage date: November 1914
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Marriage notes:

Name: August Hoffman

Age: 37

Birth Year: abt 1877

Birth Place: Meriden, Coun

Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1914

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Henry Hoffman

Mother:

Margaet Hoffman

Spouse:

Elizabeth Letetia Higgins

Name: Elizabeth Letetia Higgins

Age: 20

Birth Year: abt 1894

Birth Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1914

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Jermiah Higgins

Mother:

Hattie Higgins

Spouse:

August Hoffman

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Children of Augustus HOFFMAN and Elizabeth Letichia HIGGINS

Evelyn Marguerite HOFFMAN

Born: 21 July 1913, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 January 2002,

August Raymond HOFFMAN

Born: 6 August 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 February 1993, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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1868 Birth

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name: Augustus Hoffman
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Birth Date: 25 Nov 1868
birthPlace: Pittsfield
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father's Name: Henry Hoffman
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mother's Name: Antonette Fabuscius
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indexing project (batch) number: I10091-4
system origin: C_Group
source Film Number: 1428039
reference number: 66

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

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Hoffman, Henry, 38, m, Carpenter, b. Nassau Germany
Frank, 11, m, at school, b. MA
Agnes, 9, f, at school, b. MA
Louis, 7, m, at school, b. NY
Henry, 3, m, at home, b. MA
Augustus, 1, m, at home, b. MA

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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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Augustus HOFFMAN and Tresa O'CONNOR 4 November 1891, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 22 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

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.

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

1912 Death of Spouse/Partner
Tresa O'CONNOR died 23 November 1912, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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 Birth of Child
Evelyn Marguerite HOFFMAN was born 21 July 1913, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Augustus was 44 years old.

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

1914 Marriage / Partner
Augustus HOFFMAN and Elizabeth Letichia HIGGINS November 1914, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 45 years old.

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

1915 Birth of Child
August Raymond HOFFMAN was born 6 August 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Augustus was 46 years old.

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 - 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)

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)