Nelson W HOWARD

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17 December 1872 , Lewiston, Maine, USA

Died

18 July 1937 , Hollywood, Florida, USA

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Birth — 1872
17 December 1872
Lewiston, Maine, 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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine

Name: Nelson W. Howard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1873
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's BirthPlace:
Father's Name: Nelson Howard
Father's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Mother's Name: Emma Howard
Mother's BirthPlace: New Hampshire, United States
PAge: 192
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 3417
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0475
GS Film Number: 1254475
Digital Folder Number: 004241441
Image Number: 00387
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Nelson Howard M 42 Maine, United States
Wife Emma Howard F 36 New Hampshire, United States
Son Nelson W. Howard M 7 Maine, United States
Other Rebecca J. Day F 40 Maine, United States

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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 - 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 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Name: Nelson D Howard
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 1518 Precinct 8 Boston city Ward 23, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: Dec 1872
BirthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1897
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 10
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 208
Reference ID: 42
GS Film Number: 1240687
Digital Folder Number: 004114456
Image Number: 00894
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Nelson D Howard M 28 Maine
Wife Helen M Howard F 27 Maine
Cousin-in-law Olive A Willard F 23 California

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Name: Nelson W Howard
Event Place: Boston Ward 23, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Immigration Year:
BirthPlace: Maine
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Household ID: 253
PAge: 11
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Nelson W Howard M 37y Maine
WIFE Helen Howard F 37y Maine
MOTH Emma W Howard F 66y New Hampshire
SON Willard Howard M 3y Massachusetts
SON Nelson Howard M 0y 10m Massachusetts
Rita Thompson F 28y Canada
Anna M Carlstrom F 21y Sweden

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

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 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Name: Nelson Howard
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Boston City Ward 23, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1870
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Household ID: 226
Sheet Number: 9
GS Film Number: 1820740
Digital Folder Number: 4311565
Image Number: 00467
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Nelson Howard M 50y Maine
WIFE Helen W Howard F 45y Maine
SON Willard Howard M 13y Massachusetts
SON Nelson Howard M 10y Massachusetts
Susie H Cole F 35y Canada
Catherine Cadigan F 33y Ireland

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Name: Nelson W Howard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Boston (Districts 501-521), Suffolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
District: 0514
Household ID: 419
Sheet Number and Letter: 23A
Line Number: 3
Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 957
GS Film Number: 2340692
Digital Folder Number: 4607693
Image Number: 00762
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Nelson W Howard M 57 Maine
Wife Helen W Howard F 57 Maine
Son Willard Howard M 23 Massachusetts
Son Nelson W Howard M 20 Massachusetts
Servant Anna T Kelly F 24 Ireland
Servant Josephine Kelly F 30 Ireland

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

Death

Name: Nelson W. Howard
Titles and Terms:
Name Prefix:
Event Date: 18 Jul 1937
Event Place: Hollywood, Broward, Florida
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Age (Original): 64y 7m 1d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1872
BirthPlace: Lewiston, Maine
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Helen Howard
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Father's Name: Nelson Howard
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Name Prefix:
Father's BirthPlace: Phillips, Maine
Mother's Name: Emma Wood
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name Prefix:
Mother's BirthPlace: Lewiston, Maine
Occupation: Retired Lawyer
Address: 920 Taylor
Residence Place:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Boston, Mass.
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1937
Funeral Home:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives:
GS Film Number: 2135949
Reference ID: 11763

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FPW5-B2N : accessed

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