Frank Wallace FISHER

(b. 7 March 1854 , St Joseph, Michigan, USA d. 8 August 1941 , Michigan, USA )

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Frank Wallace FISHER was born 7 March 1854 in St Joseph, Michigan, USA

Frank Wallace FISHER was the child of Josiah Nathaniel FISHER and Louisa TRACY

Frank Wallace FISHER died 8 August 1941 in Michigan, USA.

m. Mary Lida Howard (1856-1926)
30 Sep 1875 in Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan, USA

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1854 Birth
7 March 1854
St Joseph, Michigan, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 - Perry, Indiana
Name: Frank Fisher
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Michigan
Home in 1860: Perry, Noble, Indiana
Post Office: Ligonier
Dwelling Number: 51
Family Number: 51
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Josiah Fisher 37
Louisa Fisher 30
Eliza Fisher 10
Frank Fisher 6
Albert Fisher 4
Fred Fisher 1

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

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)

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 - Lockport, Michigan
Name: Frank Fisher
Age in 1870: 16
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Michigan
Dwelling Number: 400
Home in 1870: Lockport, St Joseph, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Attended School: Y
Inferred Mother: Louisa Fisher
Household Members:
Name Age
Louisa Fisher 40
Frank Fisher 16
Albert Fisher 14
Fred Fisher 11
Alon J Fisher 8

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1880 - Three Rivers, Michigan
Name: Frank Fisher
Age: 26
Birth Date: Abt 1854
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1880: Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan, USA
Street: Eighth Street
House Number: 56
Dwelling Number: 476
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mary Fisher
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Painter
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Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Fisher 26
Mary Fisher 24
Charley Fisher 3
Clarence Fisher 1

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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 - Chicago, Illinois
Name: Frank Fisher
Age: 46
Birth Date: Mar 1854
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 18, Cook, Illinois
Ward of City: 18th
Street: W Baer Buren St Block 3607
House Number: 97
Sheet Number: 3
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 73
Family Number: 34
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mary Fisher
Marriage Year: 1876
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Machinist
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: H
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Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Fisher 46
Mary Fisher 43
Grace Fisher 16

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 - Chicago, Illinois
Name: Frank W Fisher
Age in 1910: 56
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 20, Cook, Illinois
Street: West Monroe St
House Number: 1749
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mary A Fisher
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Tinner
Industry: Car Mafg Co
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 34
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
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Household Members:
Name Age
Frank W Fisher 56
Mary A Fisher 54
S Johnson 25
S Johnson 26
C S Clayton 29
Arshin Wykes 30
John H Dudley 31
C Smith 50

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 - Clinton, Indiana
Name: Frank W Fisher
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1920: Clinton, Elkhart, Indiana
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Mary A Fisher
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farm
Industry: Truck
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Frank W Fisher 65
Mary A Fisher 64

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

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 - Sarasota, Florida
Name: Frank W Fisher
Age: 86
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Home in 1940: Sarasota, Florida
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Street: Treasure Island
Inferred Residence in 1935: Ponton, Indiana
Residence in 1935: Ponton, Indiana
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 6B
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Income Other Sources: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Alva F Fisher 78
Frank W Fisher 86
Peter Broxton 51
Henrietta Broxton 51

1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA