Henry Adolph JACOB

Born

13 June 1876 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

abt. 1949 , Massachusetts, USA

Henry Adolph married Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN 20 September 1899 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN was born 20 April 1878 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Marie Agnes died abt. 1942 in Massachusetts, USA. Marie Agnes was the child of Heinrich Ernst "Henry" KLOSEMAN and Anna Selma VOGEL .

Parents & Family of Henry Adolph JACOB

Parents of Henry Adolph JACOB

Father

Albert A JACOB

Mother

Marie Therese MIESCHE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Henry Adolph JACOB

Henry Adolph JACOB married

Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN
Marriage date: 20 September 1899
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN was the child of Heinrich Ernst "Henry" KLOSEMAN and Anna Selma VOGEL

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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

name: Henry A. Jacob

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event: Marriage

event date: 20 Sep 1899

event place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

gender: Male

age: 23

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estimated birth year: 1876

father: Albert

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mother: Marie Theresa Miesch

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spouse: Marie Agnes Kloseman

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spouse's father: Henry E.

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spouse's mother: Annie Schua Vogel

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record number: 22

film number: 1843714

digital folder number: 4332418

image number: 00106

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Children of Henry Adolph JACOB and Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN

Harry A JACOB

Born: abt. 1903, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

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1876 Birth

Name: Henry Jacobs
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event: Birth
Event Date: 13 Jun 1876
Event Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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volume/ page/ certificate number: item 2 p 60
Film Number: 1428168
Digital Folder Number: 4341192
Image Number: 261

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FX87-1YF : accessed 01 Dec 2012), Henry Jacobs, 1876.

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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 - 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.

1899 Marriage / Partner
Henry Adolph JACOB and Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN 20 September 1899, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 23 years old.

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Henry Jacob
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Pittsfield Ward 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
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father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Germany
family number: 43
page number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Henry Jacob M 33y Massachusetts
wife Marie A Jacob F 30y Massachusetts
son Harry A Jacob M 7y Massachusetts

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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

1917 World War I Draft Registration

Name: Henry Adolph Jacob
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
Event Place: Pittsfield City, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1876
birthPlace: , , 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: 1674426
Digital Folder Number: 005216040
Image Number: 00676

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZNQ-DZ6 : accessed 01 Dec 2012), Henry Adolph Jacob,

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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

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Henry Jacob
Residence: Pittsfield City Ward 6 Pricinct A, Berkshire, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1877
Age: 43
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820680
Digital Folder Number: 4301046
Image Number: 00992
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age
Henry Jacob M 43y
spouse Marie Jacob F 41y
child Harry Jacob M 17y
Henry Kloseman M 70y
spouse Anna Kloseman F 70y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Henry A Jacob
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 2, Pittsfield, Pittsfield City, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 63
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: 1877
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 2-89
family number: 26
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 67
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1569
Digital Folder Number: 005460841
Image Number: 00331
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry A Jacob M 63 Massachusetts
wife Marie A Jacob F 61 Massachusetts
son Harry A Jacob M 37 Massachusetts

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

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