Howard Walton POND

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4 April 1897 , Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Died

13 March 1960 , Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 62

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John Dudley POND Mary SANDERSON

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Born: 4 April 1897 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Father: John Dudley POND

Mother: Mary SANDERSON

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Howard Walton married Anna Beatrice CROUSS June 1924 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna Beatrice CROUSS was born 2 May 1900 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Anna Beatrice died 28 May 1993 in Cape Coral, Florida, USA. Anna Beatrice was the child of Willard Conrad CROUSS and Edith Hannah BLAISDELL.

Howard Walton POND died 13 March 1960 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .

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Anna Beatrice CROUSS
Marriage date: June 1924
Marriage place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Anna Beatrice CROUSS was the child of Willard Conrad CROUSS and Edith Hannah BLAISDELL

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"... The fourth couple to celebrate the occasion was Mr and Mrs Howard Pond of Main street, Agawam, who marked their 21st anniversary last June but were honored at a surprise observance of the affair last night. Mr. Pond is the brother of Mrs Merrell and Mrs Haven. He is in the real estate and insurance business. Mrs Pond is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Willard Crouss of Agawam. They have one daughter, Elizabeth, at home."

Date: October 13, 1945

Location: Massachusetts

Paper: Springfield Republican

Name: Anna Beatrice Crouss

Marriage Year: 1924

Marriage Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 1

Page Number: 248

Index Volume Number: 88

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.88

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Children of Howard Walton POND and Anna Beatrice CROUSS

Elizabeth Ann POND

Born: 4 February 1933, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 October 2012, Sebring, Florida, USA

Married: Richard Harold DANFORTH 8 September 1951 Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

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1897 Birth
New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900
name: Howard Walton Pond
date of birth: 04 Apr 1897
place of birth: Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
father's name: John D Pond
mother's name: Mary Sanderson
place recorded: Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
gs film number: 1001030
digital gs number: 4244275
image number: 00878
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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 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Howard W Pond
titles:
residence: Springfield city, Hampden, Massachusetts
birth date: Apr 1897
birthplace: New Hampshire
relationship to head-of-household: Son
spouse name:
spouse titles:
spouse birth place:
father name: John D Pond
father titles:
father birthplace: New York
mother name: Mary S Pond
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: John D Pond
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0598
sheet number and letter: 5B
household id: 114
reference number: 95
gsu film number: 1240653
image number: 00000014
Household Gender Age
parent John D Pond M
parent Mary S Pond F
Howard W Pond M
Bernice S Pond F
Gladys M Pond F

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 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Howard W Pond
birthplace: New Hampshire
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
family number: 49
page number: 3
Household Gender Age
parent John D Pond M 36y
parent Mary S Pond F 34y
Howard W Pond M 13y
Bernice A Pond F 10y
Gladys M Pond F 10y
Ralph D Pond M 9y
Kenneth M Pond M 6y
Elizabeth S Pond F 4y
Emerson H Pond M 3y
Grace F Pond F 1y 8m
Clifford D Pond M y 3m

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

1917 World War I Draft Registration
name: Howard Walton Pond
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Ludlow City no 7, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 04 Apr 1897
birthplace: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1684521
digital folder number: 005216150
image number: 00482

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZN8-D1P : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Howard Walton Pond, .
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

Howard Walton POND - Name: Howard Walton Pond Birth Date: 4 Apr 1897 Birth Place: Manchester Death Date: 13 Mar 1960 Last Residence Place: Agawam Lodge: Mount Orthodo

Name: Howard Walton Pond
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1897
Birth Place: Manchester
Death Date: 13 Mar 1960
Last Residence Place: Agawam
Lodge: Mount Orthodox
Occupation: Printer

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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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 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Howard W Pond
residence: Precinct Agawan Town, Hampden, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1898
age: 22
birthplace: New Hampshire
relationship to head of household: Son
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820699
digital folder number: 4301096
image number: 00083
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age
parent John S Pond M 45y
parent Mary S Pond F 44y
Howard W Pond M 22y
Bernice A Pond F 19y
Gladys M Pond F 19y
Ralph D Pond M 18y
Kenneth M Pond M 16y
Emerson H Pond M 13y
Grace F Pond F 11y
Clifford D Pond M 10y
Esther G Pond F 8y
Everett H Pond M 5y

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

1924 Marriage / Partner
Howard Walton POND and Anna Beatrice CROUSS June 1924, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

He was 27 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

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)

1930 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Howard Pond
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 33
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: New Hampshire
estimated birth year: 1897
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 99
family number: 182
sheet number and letter: 8A
line number: 31
nara publication: T626, roll 905
film number: 2340640
digital folder number: 4607002
image number: 00121
Household Gender Age
Howard Pond M 33
spouse Anna Pond F 29
Jennie M Smith F 65

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.

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 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Ann POND was born 4 February 1933, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Howard Walton was 35 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 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: Howard Pond
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Street: Main Street
House Number: 719
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 1B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
Howard Pond 43
Anna Pond 39
Elizabeth Pond 7
Arthur C Oulton 25
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1950 - Agawam, Massachusetts
Name: Howard Pond
Age: 53
Birth Date: abt 1897
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 278
Household Members Age Relationship
Howard Pond 53 Head
Anna C Pond
49 Wife
Elizabeth Pond
17 Daughter
Edith Crouss
75 Mother-in-law
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1951 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth Ann POND married 8 September 1951, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills) to Richard Harold DANFORTH

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.

Obituary
H. W. POND, 62, AGAWAM, DIES; ILLNESS BRIEF

Real Estate, Insurance Agent Was Former Town Official

AGAWAM - Howard W. Pond, 62, of 845 Main St., real estate and insurance agent, died in Springfield Hospital Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. Mr. Pond was a member of the firm of Pond Bros. and was a former Agawam tax collector and member of the Board of Registrars.

In Printing Business
Before joining Pond Bros. in 1930, Mr. Pond was vice-president of the Pond-Ekberg Co. of Springfield, a printing and publishing firm established by his father.

Mr. Pond was born in Manchester, N. H., son of John D. and the late Mary (Sanderson) Pond and had lived here for 53 years.

He was a member of the Agawam Congregational Church; Mount Orthodox Lodge of Masons; Agawam Trestle Board Club; Springfield Board of Realtors; National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents; and Agawam Insurance Association.

Besides his father, he leaves his wife, Anna (Crouss) Pond, a daughter, Mrs....Read full story