Alice Lula BENNETT

(b. 8 January 1870 , Auburn, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1942 , Massachusetts, USA )

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Alice Lula BENNETT was born 8 January 1870 in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA

Alice Lula BENNETT was the child of Harrison Asahel BENNETT and Theodesia D BIXBY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Asahel Crossman BENNETT and Caroline WILLARD (maternal) Ezra BIGSBEY and Anna M KING

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

Alice Lula married Hanford Oscar NICHOLS 22 July 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Hanford Oscar NICHOLS was born 27 March 1866 in Rossway, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Hanford Oscar died 26 April 1930 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Hanford Oscar was the child of Charles Edward NICHOLS and Hannah Jane GRAFTON.

Alice Lula BENNETT died abt. 1942 in Massachusetts, USA.
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Alice Lula BENNETT married

Hanford Oscar NICHOLS-- Date: 22 July 1891 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Hanford Oscar NICHOLS was the child of Charles Edward NICHOLS and Hannah Jane GRAFTON

Name: Alice L Bennett
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1870
Marriage Date: 22 Jul 1891
Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Marriage Age: 21
Father Name: Harry Bennett
Mother Name: Theodosia
Spouse Name: Hanford O Nichols
Spouse Marriage Age: 25
Spouse Father Name: Charles
Spouse Mother Name: Hannah

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Children of Hanford Oscar NICHOLS and Alice Lula BENNETT:

Ida May NICHOLS (b.17 February 1892, Concord, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Earl Bennett NICHOLS (b.3 December 1894, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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Birth
Name: Allice Lula Bennitt
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1870
Birth Place: Auburn, Massachusetts
Father Name: H A Bixby
Mother Name: Theodoria Bixby
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1870 - Auburn, Massachusetts
Name: Alice L Bennett
Age in 1870: 4/ 12
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 7
Home in 1870: Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Grafton
Occupation: At Home
Inferred Father: Harrison Bennett
Inferred Mother: Theodosia Bennett
Household Members:
Name Age
Harrison Bennett 28
Theodosia Bennett 21
Alice L Bennett 4/ 12
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Allice L. Bennet
Age: 10
Birth Date: Abt 1870
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Street: Charlton Street
House Number: 27
Dwelling Number: 170
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Harrison A. Bennet
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Theodosia Bennet
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Attended School: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Harrison A. Bennet 38
Theodosia Bennet 31
Allice L. Bennet 10
Harry W. Bennet 9

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

1891 Marriage / Partner
Alice Lula BENNETT and Hanford Oscar NICHOLS 22 July 1891, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

She was 21 years old.

1892 Birth of Child
Ida May NICHOLS was born 17 February 1892, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Alice Lula was 22 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
Earl Bennett NICHOLS was born 3 December 1894, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Alice Lula was 24 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.

1900 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Name: Alice L Nichols
Age: 30
Birth Date: Jan 1870
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: Somerville Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ward of City: 7 (Part Of)
Street: Wallace Street
House Number: 99
Sheet Number: 7
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 118
Family Number: 149
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Hanford O Nichols
Marriage Year: 1890
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother: Number of Living Children: 2
Mother: How Many Children: 2
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Hanford O Nichols 35
Alice L Nichols 30
Ida M Nichols 8
Earl B Nichols 5
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)

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Name: Alice L Nichols
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Somerville Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Wallace Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Hanford O Nichols
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Nurse
Industry: Private Families
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 20
Number of Children Born: 2
Number of Children Living: 2
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Hanford O Nichols 46
Alice L Nichols 40
Idene M Nichols 18
Earle P Nichols 15
Harriett A Bennett 46
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 - 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 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Name: Alice A Nichols
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Somerville Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Wallace Street
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Hanford O Nichols
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Hanford O Nichols 53
Alice A Nichols 49
Idine W Smuyt 26
Earl B Nichols 24
Maude Foster 55

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 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Name: A L Nichols
Birth Year: abt 1870
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Wallace St.
Ward of City: Six Part of
Block: x
House Number: 99
Dwelling Number: 109
Family Number: 154
Age at first Marriage: 21
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Hanford Nichols 65
A L Nichols 60

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.

1930 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hanford Oscar NICHOLS died 26 April 1930, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

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 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Name: Alice Nichols
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Home in 1940: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Highland Road
House Number: 40
Inferred Residence in 1935: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 3B
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Ralph Smart 51
Eileen A Smart 48
Beverly Smart 23
Alice Nichols 70
Alice Smart 49
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

Alice is buried at: Hope Cemetery Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

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