Benjamin Winthrop ORCUTT

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1 August 1877 , Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

Died

24 March 1968 , Caldwell, Idaho, USA

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Charles Jones ORCUTT Sarah Ruthena BEAL

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Born: 1 August 1877 in Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Charles Jones ORCUTT

Mother: Sarah Ruthena BEAL

Paternal grandparents: Orrin (Oran) ORCUTT , Mary Josselyn JONES

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Benjamin Winthrop married Bessie Alta SHEWEY 4 December 1907 in Norton, Kansas, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bessie Alta SHEWEY was born 10 November 1887 in Norton, Kansas, USA. Bessie Alta died 11 February 1965 in Caldwell, Idaho, USA. Bessie Alta was the child of Louis Cass SHEWEY and Martha Emaline REYNOLDS.

Benjamin Winthrop ORCUTT died 24 March 1968 in Caldwell, Idaho, USA.

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Bessie Alta SHEWEY
Marriage date: 4 December 1907
Marriage place: Norton, Kansas, USA
Bessie Alta SHEWEY was the child of Louis Cass SHEWEY and Martha Emaline REYNOLDS

Children of Benjamin Winthrop ORCUTT and Bessie Alta SHEWEY

Kenneth Cole ORCUTT

Born: 12 November 1912, , Kansas, USA
Died: 3 September 1949, Siskiyou, California, USA

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Birth — 1877
1 August 1877
Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

1877
name: Bennie Winthrop Orcutt
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event: Birth
event date: 01 Aug 1877
event place: Rockland, Massachusetts
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father: Charles J Orcutt
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father's birthplace: Abington
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mother: Sarah R Beal
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mother's birthplace: Abington
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volume/ page/ certificate number: 1
film number: 1428170
digital folder number: 4341194
image number: 351

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FX86-B8F : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Charles J Orcutt in entry for Bennie Winthrop Orcutt, 1877.
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1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name : Benj. W. Orcutt
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 2
marital status : Single
occupation :
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Son
birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
birthdate : 1878
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name : Charles J. Orcutt
father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
mother's name : Sarah R. Orcutt
mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
page : 559
page character : A
entry number : 1719
nara film number : T9-0551
gs film number : 1254551
digital folder number: 004241779
image number: 00629
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Charles J. Orcutt M 27 Massachusetts, United States
wife Sarah R. Orcutt F 26 Massachusetts, United States
son Benj. W. Orcutt M 2 Massachusetts, United States
daughter Alice M. Orcutt F 1 Massachusetts, United...Read full story

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 Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Benjamin W Orcutt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 1146 Rockland town (south part), Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
birth date: Aug 1877
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 29
sheet letter: A
family number: 615
reference number: 47
film number: 1240675
digital folder number: 004114441
image number: 00319
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Charles Orcutt M 46 Massachusetts
wife Sarah R Orcutt F 46 Massachusetts
son Benjamin W Orcutt M 23 Massachusetts
daughter Alice M Orcutt F 21 Massachusetts
son Charles O Orcutt M 19 Massachusetts
son Willard A Orcutt M 14 Massachusetts
son Kenneth B Orcutt M 7 ...Read full story

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)

1907 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin Winthrop ORCUTT and Bessie Alta SHEWEY 4 December 1907, Norton, Kansas, USA

He was 30 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Norton, Norton, Kansas
name: Benjiman W Orcutt
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Norton Ward 1, Norton, Kansas
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: United States
mother's birthplace: United States
family number: 112
page number: 4
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Benjiman W Orcutt M 32y Massachusetts
wife Bessie A Orcutt F 22y Kansas
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Birth of Child
Kenneth Cole ORCUTT was born 12 November 1912, , Kansas, USA

Benjamin Winthrop was 35 years old.

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: Benjamin Winthrop Orcutt
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Norton County, Kansas, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 01 Aug 1877
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: 1643731
digital folder number: 005250471
image number: 03228
nearest relative: Bessie A Orcutt

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K66N-4BK : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Benjamin Winthrop Orcutt, .
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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 Norton, Norton, Kansas
name: Benjamin Orcutt
residence: Norton, Norton, Kansas
estimated birth year: 1877
age: 43
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
film number: 1820543
digital folder number: 4300860
image number: 00779
sheet number: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Benjamin Orcutt M 43y Massachusetts
wife Bessie Orcutt F 33y Kansas
son Kenneth Orcutt M 7y Kansas
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 Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho
name: Benjamin Orcutt Or Arcutt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 3, Caldwell, West Caldwell Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States
gender: Male
age: 62
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: 1878
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 14-11
family number: 25
sheet number and letter: 1B
line number: 65
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 742
digital folder number: 005460527
image number: 00263
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Benjamin Orcutt Or Arcutt M 62 Massachusetts
wife Bessie Orcutt Or Arcutt F 52 Kansas
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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.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1949 Death of Child
Kenneth Cole ORCUTT died 3 September 1949, Siskiyou, California, USA

Benjamin Winthrop was 72 years old.

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1965 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bessie Alta SHEWEY died 11 February 1965, Caldwell, Idaho, USA

Obituary
'Idaho Free Press & Caldwell News Tribune', Thurs. March 28, 1968: Benjamin Orcutt
Caldwell--Funeral services for Benjamin W. Orcutt, 90, 512 Blaine, who died Sunday, will be conducted at the Flahiff Chapel at 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Bruce C. Johnson of the Free Methodist Church will officiate. Caldwell Lodge No. 10, IOOF, will conduct interment rites at Canyon Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Orcutt was born August 1, 1877, at Rockland, Mass. He moved west to Montana and Washington in 1905, and later came to Idaho. He Moved to Kansas in 1906, and married Bessie A. Shewey, December 04, 1907, in Norton, Kansas. The couple located at Caldwell, Idaho, in 1920. Mrs. Orcutt died February 11, 1965, in Caldwell. He was a member of the Caldwell Odd Fellows Lodge No. 10, Knights of Khorusan, and Knights of Phthias No. 3 of Boise.
Surviving are two grandsons, Robert Orcutt and Donald Orcutt, both of Caldwell; a grandmother, Mrs. Joanne McDanial of LaGrande, Ore; a brother, Standly Orcutt of Chico,...Read full story

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