Guy Forrest HARWOOD

(b. 2 January 1881 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 March 1962 , Brattleboro, Vermont, USA )
Age: 81

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Guy Forrest HARWOOD was born 2 January 1881 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Guy Forrest HARWOOD was the child of Gilbert B HARWOOD and Nellie C BARRETT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Guy Forrest married Iva Adelaide WATERMAN 01 July 1899 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Iva Adelaide WATERMAN was born 20 August 1879 in Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville). Iva Adelaide died 24 June 1945 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro). Iva Adelaide was the child of Herbert Dana WATERMAN and Harriet "Hattie" Alphine HARRICK.

Guy Forrest HARWOOD died 2 March 1962 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA .
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Guy Forrest HARWOOD married

Iva Adelaide WATERMAN-- Date: 01 July 1899 Place: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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Iva Adelaide WATERMAN was the child of Herbert Dana WATERMAN and Harriet "Hattie" Alphine HARRICK

Name: Guy Forest Harwood
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Jul 1899
Event Place: , , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Father's Name: Gilbert B.
Mother's Name: Helen Barrett
Spouse's Name: Iva Adelaide Waterman
Spouse's Father's Name: Herbert D.
Spouse's Mother's Name: Hattie E. Herrick
GS Film number: 540098
Digital Folder Number: 004357252
Image Number: 01989

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Forest Harwood and Iva Adelaide Waterman, 1899.

Children of Guy Forrest HARWOOD and Iva Adelaide WATERMAN:

Guy Donovan HARWOOD (b.21 July 1906, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA d. 14 January 1985, Pensacola, Florida, USA)
m. Ruth Mary CROSSIN 01 March 1941 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

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1881 Birth
2 January 1881
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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
Guy Forrest HARWOOD and Iva Adelaide WATERMAN 01 July 1899, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

He was 18 years old.

1900 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Name: Guy F Harwood
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 245 Brattleboro retreat, Windham, Vermont, United States
Birth Date: Jan 1880
Birthplace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1899
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 18
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 475
Reference ID: 64
GS Film number: 1241695
Digital Folder Number: 004120614
Image Number: 00714
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Gilbert B Harwood M 50 New Hampshire
Wife Nellie C Harwood F 41 Vermont
Son Guy F Harwood M 20 Vermont
Son Carl Harwood M 18 Vermont
Son Hugh Harwood M 13 Vermont

'United States Census, 1900,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MMP4-V8R : accessed 27 Mar...Read MORE...

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 Birth of Child
Guy Donovan HARWOOD was born 21 July 1906, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

Guy Forrest was 25 years old.

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 Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Name: Guy F Harwood
Birthplace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Family Number: 404
Page Number: 16
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Guy F Harwood M 30y Vermont
WIFE Iva A Harwood F 30y Vermont
DAU Dorothy G Harwood F 9y Vermont
SON Francis M Harwood M 6y Vermont
SON Donovan Harwood M 4y Vermont
SON Gilbert W Harwood M 2y Vermont
DAU I Wenona Harwood F 0y 6m New Hampshire

'United States Census, 1910,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MLZM-6V7 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy F Harwood, Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire; citing sheet 16A, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374873.
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 World War I Draft Registration
Name: Guy Forrest Harwood
Event Type: Draft Registration
Registration Year Range: 1917-1918
Event Place: Windham County, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1881
Birthplace: , , United States
Nationality: United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
GS Film number: 1984101
Digital Folder Number: 005272216
Image Number: 04767

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K8WC-5W9 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Forrest Harwood, .
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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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Name: Guy Harwood
Residence: , Windham, Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1882
Age: 38
Birthplace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1821876
Digital Folder Number: 4390960
Image Number: 00076
Sheet Number: 18
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Guy Harwood M 38y Vermont
WIFE Ira A Harwood F 40y Vermont
DAU Dorothy G Harwood F 18y Vermont
SON Francis M Harwood M 16y Vermont
SON G Donovan Harwood M 13y Vermont
SON Gilbert W Harwood M 11y Vermont
DAU I Winona Harwood F 10y New Hampshire
SON Gerald S Harwood M 8y Vermont

'United States Census, 1920,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MZT1-CJN : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Harwood, , Windham, Vermont; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 18B, family 441, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821876.
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)

1930 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Name: Guy F Harwood
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1881
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Enumeration District Number: 0005
Family Number: 210
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 96
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2432
Film Number: 2342166
Digital Folder Number: 4547830
Image Number: 00711
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Guy F Harwood M 49 Vermont
Wife Iva W Harwood F 50 Vermont
Son G Donovan Harwood M 23 Vermont

'United States Census, 1930,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XMZX-ZBK : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy F Harwood, 1930.
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Name: Guy F Harwood
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Brattleboro Town, Windham, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head
Birthplace: Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1881
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 13-2A
Family Number: 66
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Line Number: 34
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 4239
Digital Folder Number: 005461787
Image Number: 00017

'United States Census, 1940,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VYHV-2R8 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy F Harwood, Brattleboro Town, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-2A, sheet 3A, family 66, NARA digital publication T627, roll 4239.
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 Marriage of Child
Guy Donovan HARWOOD married 01 March 1941, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro) to Ruth Mary CROSSIN

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1942 World War II Draft Registration
Name: Guy Forest Harwood
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1881
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Vermont
Affiliate Publication Number: M1965
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 2555452
GS Film number: 2368791
Digital Folder Number: 004133588
Image Number: 04731

'United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ V1VF-PF8 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Forest Harwood, 1942.
FamilySearch.org. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
The Draft

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Iva Adelaide WATERMAN died 24 June 1945, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

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)

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.

Death
Name: Guy F Harwood
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Jan 1881
Birth Place: Brattleboro, VT
Residence Place: Guilford, Vermont
Death Date: 2 Mar 1962
Death Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
Father: Gilbert B Harwood
Mother: Nellie
[Nellie Barrett]
Spouse: Iva A Waterman
Cause of Death: Arterial Sclerotic Heart Disease
Date Filed: 05 Mar 1962
Vital Event Type: Certificate of Death

Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008; User Box Number: PR-02091; Roll Number: S-31346; Archive Number: PR-1306-1307