Horace J FAIRFIELD

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August 1860 , Russell, Massachusetts, USA

Died

30 November 1933 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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John Mamert (Jules) FAIRFIELD BEAUCHAMP Adeline BEAUDOIN

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Born: August 1860 in Russell, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Mamert (Jules) FAIRFIELD BEAUCHAMP

Mother: Adeline BEAUDOIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BEAUCHAMP , Marie-Susanne GARIEPY

Maternal grandparents: Louis BEAUDOIN , Victoire BEAUCHAMP

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Horace J married Maria Root CHAPMAN 30 April 1889 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Maria Root CHAPMAN was born 22 May 1860 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

Horace J FAIRFIELD died 30 November 1933 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Maria Root CHAPMAN
Marriage date: 30 April 1889
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

groom's name: Horace J. Fairfield

groom's birth date: 1861

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groom's age: 28

bride's name: Maria R. Chapman

bride's birth date: 1861

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bride's age: 28

marriage date: 30 Apr 1889

marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

groom's father's name: John

groom's mother's name: Angeline

bride's father's name: David G.

bride's mother's name: Amanda H.

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indexing project (batch) number: I01261-8

system origin: Massachusetts-EASy

source film number: 1902438

reference number: 125

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Birth — 1860
August 1860
Russell, Massachusetts, USA

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)

1865 Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Horace Fairfield
Age: 5 years
estimated Birth Year: 1860
Gender: Male
Race:
birthPlace: Russell Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Residence: Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts
family number: 13
Line Number: 23
Film Number: 0953967
Digital Folder Number: 4286754
Image Number: 00286
Household Gender Age
John Fairfield M 38y
Adeline Fairfield F 35y
Jennie Fairfield F 14y
Arthur Fairfield M 12y
Amanda Fairfield F 10y
Minnie Fairfield F 9y
Horace Fairfield M 5y
Cordellia Fairfield F 3y
Rosadellia Fairfield F 3y
Emma Fairfield F 2y
Albert Fairfield M 20y

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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 Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Alice Fairfield (Horace?)
estimated Birth Year: 1860
Gender: Female
age in 1870: 10y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Canada
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
John Fairfield M 46y
Alline Fairfield F 40y
Jenny Fairfield F 19y
Arthur Fairfield M 17y
Armond Fairfield M 15y
Maria Fairfield F 13y
Alice Fairfield F 10y
Cordelia Fairfield F 8y
Rosalie Fairfield F 8y
Emily Fairfield F 7y
Mary Fairfield F 5y
Marie Fairfield F 3y
Albert Fairfield M 4m

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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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Horice Farefield
Residence: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1860
birthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name: John Farefield
father's birthPlace: Canada
mother's Name: Adeline Farefield
mother's birthPlace: Canada
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 20 years
Occupation: Works In Woolen Mill
nara Film Number: T9-0522
pAge: 450
page character: B
entry number: 486
Film Number: 1254522
Household Gender Age
parent John Farefield M 54
parent Adeline Farefield F 50
Arthur Farefield M 26
Minie Farefield F 22
Horice Farefield M 20
Coselie Farefield F 18
Rosie Farefield F 18
Emily Farefield F 15
Mary Farefield F 14
Albert Farefield M 10
Mane Farefield F 12

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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 Marriage / Partner
Horace J FAIRFIELD and Maria Root CHAPMAN 30 April 1889, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 28 years old.

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 Schenectady, Schenectady, New York

Name: Horace Fairfield
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Residence: Schenectady city, Schenectady, New York
Birth Date: Aug 1860
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Maria R Fairfield
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthPlace: Massachusetts
father:
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father's birthPlace: Canada Fr
mother:
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mother's birthPlace: Canada Fr
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Horace Fairfield
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 11
estimated marriage year: 1889
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0134
pAge: 15
sheet letter: B
family number: 334
reference number: 64
Film Number: 1241160
Image Number: 00710
Household Gender Age
Horace Fairfield M
spouse Maria R Fairfield 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.

1905 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Name: Horace F Fairfield
Residence: Providence, Ward 004, E.D. 0045, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 44
Gender: Male
race or color: White
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1860
birthPlace: Russells Massachusetts
father's birthPlace: Canada
mother's birthPlace: Canada
Relationship to Head of Household:
number of family in the order of visitation: 66
number in this family: 7
Mother of how many children:
number of these children living june 1, 1905:
Digital Folder Number: 4479072
Image Number: 00049
Film Number: 2108578

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1905 Rhode Island State Census
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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 Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Horace Fairfield
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Canada
mother's birthPlace: Canada
family number: 87
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
Horace Fairfield M 49y
spouse Mary Fairfield F 49y
Clinton Wetheral M 10y
Teddy Norton F 6y

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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 - 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 Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Horace G Fairfield
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1861
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: Canada
mother's birthPlace: Canada
enumeration district number: 0009
family number: 75
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 51
nara publication: T626, roll 883
Film Number: 2340618
Digital Folder Number: 4606980
Image Number: 01020
Household Gender Age
Horace G Fairfield M 69
spouse Marie R Fairfield F 69

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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.

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Funeral of Horace J. Fairfield
Becket, Dec. 3 - The funeral of Horace J. Fairfield who died at the House of Mercy hospital in Pittsfield Thursday night after an operation, was held at the Baptist church at 2 yesterday afternoon. Rev Charles I. Ramsey, pastor of the Becket Federated church, officiated with prayer and eulogy. Miss Emily McCormick sang 'Abide With Me' and 'The Old Rugged Cross' with Miss Ester E. McCormick at the piano. The church was filled with friends and relatives and Becket Grange, of which he as a past master and member of the executive committee, attended in a body. The large number of floral tokens showed the respect in which he was held. Among the flowers were a large wreath of chrysanthemums from Becket Grange and a wreath of chrysanthemums and carnations from M. E. Ballou & Son and employees, where Mr. Fairfield was a valued employee and an appreciated fellow workman. Burial was in the family plot in the Pittsfield cemetery with six past masters of

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