Eugene Leander PECKHAM

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26 September 1866 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Died

31 December 1948 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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Samuel Gardner PECKHAM Susan Amelia ALLEN

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Born: 26 September 1866 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Gardner PECKHAM

Mother: Susan Amelia ALLEN

Paternal grandparents: Benjamin Taylor PECKHAM , Philadelphia "Philia" BRAYMAN

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Eugene Leander married Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT 5 December 1894 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT was born 1 November 1868 in Rochester, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (Sadie) Clark died 6 October 1936 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA .

Eugene Leander married (2) Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT abt. 1941 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT was born 28 February 1890 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. Emma Wilhelmine died 24 December 1972 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA . Emma Wilhelmine was the child of Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT and Wilhelmina PALME.

Eugene Leander PECKHAM died 31 December 1948 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

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Eugene Leander PECKHAM married

Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT
Marriage date: 5 December 1894
Marriage place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Marriage notes:

Name: Sarah C Swift

Birth Year: abt 1868

Birth Place: Rochester, Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1894

Marriage Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage: 26

Father: Pelham

Mother: Lydia Delano

Spouse: Eugene L Peckham

Spouse Birth Place: New Bedford

Spouse Age at Marriage: 28

Spouse Father: Samuel

Spouse Mother: Susan Allen

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of Eugene Leander PECKHAM and Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT

Mildred PECKHAM

Born: 23 March 1896, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 February 1909, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Edith Alice PECKHAM

Born: 13 May 1898, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 December 1972, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Rachel May PECKHAM

Born: 20 April 1901, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 18 May 1923, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

Dorothy PECKHAM

Born: 22 January 1908, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 10 December 1995,

Archie PECKHAM

Born: 6 February 1910, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 February 1910, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Everett Eugene PECKHAM

Born: 1 March 1912, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 5 September 1967, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander PECKHAM married

Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT
Marriage date: abt. 1941
Marriage place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT was the child of Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT and Wilhelmina PALME

Marriage notes:

Name: Emma Wolachendorf

Marriage Year: 1941

Marriage Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 89

Page Number: 127

Index Volume Number: 139

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.139

Name: Eugene Leander Peckham

Marriage Year: 1941

Marriage Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 89

Page Number: 127

Index Volume Number: 136

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.136

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

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1866 Birth

Name: Eugene L Peckham
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 1866
Birth Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts

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

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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 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene E Peckham
Age in 1870: 3
Birth Year: abt 1867
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1870: New Bedford Ward 4, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: New Bedford
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Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel G Peckham 37
Susan Peckham 36
Georgianna Peckham 12
Frank B Peckham 10
Eugene E Peckham 3
Sophia L Peckham 1

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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 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene L. Peckham
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1866
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Samuel G. Peckham
Father's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Mother's Name: Susan E. Peckham
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
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Occupation: At School

Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel G. Peckham 47
Susan E. Peckham 46
Georgianna Saddle 22
Richard H. Saddle 32
Frank P. Peckham 19
Eugene L. Peckham 14
Sophia L. Peckham 11

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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

1894 Marriage / Partner
Eugene Leander PECKHAM and Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT 5 December 1894, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He was 28 years old.

1896 Birth of Child
Mildred PECKHAM was born 23 March 1896, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 29 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 Birth of Child
Edith Alice PECKHAM was born 13 May 1898, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 31 years old.

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene L Peckham
Age: 33
Birth Date: Sep 1866
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: New Bedford Ward 5, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah C Peckham
Marriage Year: 1894
Years Married: 6
Father's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene L Peckham 33
Sarah C Peckham 31
Mildred Peckham 4
Edith A Peckham 2
Lydia C Swift 72

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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 Birth of Child
Rachel May PECKHAM was born 20 April 1901, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 34 years old.

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)

1908 Birth of Child
Dorothy PECKHAM was born 22 January 1908, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 41 years old.

1909 Death of Child
Mildred PECKHAM died 26 February 1909, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Eugene Leander was 42 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene L Peckham
[Eugenia L Peckham]
[Eugene L Pickham]
Age in 1910: 43
Birth Year: abt 1867
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah C Peckham
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts

Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene L Peckham 43
Sarah C Peckham 41
Edith A Peckham 12
Racheal M Peckham 9
Dorothy S Peckham 2

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1910 Birth of Child
Archie PECKHAM was born 6 February 1910, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 43 years old.

1912 Birth of Child
Everett Eugene PECKHAM was born 1 March 1912, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 45 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 Death of Child
Rachel May PECKHAM died 18 May 1923, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

Eugene Leander was 56 years old.

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 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene D Peckham
[Eugene T Peckham]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1868
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Home in 1930: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah C Peckham
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island

Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene D Peckham 62
Sarah C Peckham 60
Dorothy Peckham 22
Everett E Peckham 18
Edith A Sears 31

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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.

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

1936 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT died 6 October 1936, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

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 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Name: Eugene Peckham
Respondent: Yes
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Male
Race: White
BirthPlace: New Bedford
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Prospect Street
House Number: 12
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 4B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 82
Occupation: Gardener
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1500
Income Other Sources: No

Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene Peckham 73
Everette Peckham 38

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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.

Death

Peckham Eugene L, New Bedford, 1948, Volume 70, Page 310

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

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1955

Name: Eugene Peckham
Gender: Male
Spouse: Emma W Peckham
Publication Title: New Bedford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1955

Emma W Peckham, wid Eugene, h 73 Russell

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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