Frederick Edward ATHERTON

Born

23 September 1874 , Connecticut, USA

Died

10 November 1929 , Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick Edward married Emma G WHALLEY 5 March 1897 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emma G WHALLEY was born 5 May 1876 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Emma G died 14 November 1957 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA.

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son of Albert H Atherton and Elizabeth Amott

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Frederick Edward ATHERTON

Frederick Edward ATHERTON married

Emma G WHALLEY
Marriage date: 5 March 1897
Marriage place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Marriage notes:

Name: Fred E Atherton

Age: 22

Birth Year: abt 1875

Birth Place: Warlonse, VT, Connecticut

Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1897

Marriage Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Albert H Atherton

Mother: Elizabeth Amott

Spouse: Emma Whalley

Name: Emma Whalley

Age: 21

Birth Year: abt 1876

Birth Place: Canada

Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1897

Marriage Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Luke Whalley

Mother: Anna J Greene

Spouse: Fred E Atherton

Children of Frederick Edward ATHERTON and Emma G WHALLEY

Myrtle Norma ATHERTON

Born: 12 June 1910, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 4 September 1994, Hollywood, Florida, USA

Married: Edward Crosley FEIGE 15 March 1930

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Birth — 1874
23 September 1874
Connecticut, USA

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 - East Windsor, Connecticut

Name: Frederick E. Atherton
Age: 5
Birth Date: Abt 1875
BirthPlace: Connecticut
Home in 1880: East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dwelling Number: 119
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Albert H. Atherton
Father's BirthPlace: Connecticut
Mother's Name: Betsy Atherton
Mother's BirthPlace: Scotland
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Household Members:
Name Age
Albert H. Atherton 49
Betsy Atherton 39
Herbert H. Atherton 14
Lena J. Atherton 12
Howard H. Atherton 8
Frederick E. Atherton 5

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Marriage / Partner
Frederick Edward ATHERTON and Emma G WHALLEY 5 March 1897, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

He was 22 years old.

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

1910 - Hartford, Connecticut

Name: Fred E Atherton
Age in 1910: 30
Birth Year: abt 1880
BirthPlace: Connecticut
Home in 1910: Hartford Ward 10, Hartford, Connecticut
Street: Lorel Street
House Number: 70
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Atherton
Father's BirthPlace: Connecticut
Mother's BirthPlace: Scotland
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Fire Repairer
Industry: Auto Factory
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: 12
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
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Household Members:
Name Age
Fred E Atherton 30
Emma Atherton 33
Mildred E Atherton 6
Alice P Williams 27
Walter Brooks 23

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1910 Birth of Child
Myrtle Norma ATHERTON was born 12 June 1910, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Frederick Edward was 35 years old.

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)

Death

Name: Fred Edward Atherton
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1874
Death Date: 10 Nov 1929
Death Place: Shelburne, Massachusetts
Death Age: 55
Father Name: Albert H Atherton
Mother Name: Eliz Arnott

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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