Robert Henry COLE

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May 1818 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died

12 June 1900 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: May 1818 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Robert Henry married Adelia AMMIDOWN 3 November 1842 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelia AMMIDOWN was born 11 July 1823 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Adelia died 24 August 1913 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Adelia was the child of Holdridge AMMIDOWN and Thankful NEWELL.

Robert Henry COLE died 12 June 1900 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

son of Elisha Cole and Mary Mc Kinley

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Robert Henry COLE married

Adelia AMMIDOWN
Marriage date: 3 November 1842
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Adelia AMMIDOWN was the child of Holdridge AMMIDOWN and Thankful NEWELL

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Name: Robert Henry Cole

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Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 03 Nov 1842

Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts

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Spouse's Name: Adelea Ammidoron

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Certificate Number: 248

GS Film number: 1420528

Digital Folder Number: 4220465

Image Number: 00258

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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 23 Dec 2013), Robert Henry Cole and Adelea Ammidoron, 1842.

Children:

Henry H Cole (1844 - 1849)*

Ella M Cole (1846 - 1927)*

Alfred E Cole (1848 - 1921)*

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Children of Robert Henry COLE and Adelia AMMIDOWN

Ella Mandana COLE

Born: 22 April 1846, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1927, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Alfred Elisha COLE

Born: 26 December 1848, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1921, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1818
May 1818
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Marriage / Partner
Robert Henry COLE and Adelia AMMIDOWN 3 November 1842, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 24 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Birth of Child
Ella Mandana COLE was born 22 April 1846, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Robert Henry was 27 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Alfred Elisha COLE was born 26 December 1848, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Robert Henry was 30 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robert H Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 37
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Gender: Male
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BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 377
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GS Film Number: 000953964
Digital Folder Number: 004279378
Image Number: 00053
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Robert H Cole M 37 Massachusetts, United States
Adelia A Cole F 32 Massachusetts, United States
Ella M Cole F 9 Massachusetts, United States
Alfred E Cole M 6 Massachusetts, United States
Salome Packard F 35 Massachusetts, United States

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1855 Massachusetts Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robert H Cole
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Minor Civil Division: Southbridge
Age (Expanded): 42 years
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PAge: 165
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Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803530
Digital Folder Number: 4232259
Image Number: 00350

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 - Robert Cole Takes Over

Southbridge, Massachusetts - William Beecher, prominent spectacle maker, retires in 1862 and Robert Cole takes over the firm... George Wells, a schoolteacher from nearby South Woodstock, Connecticut, leaves his job to become an apprentice at Robert H. Cole and Co. Young Wells has a genius for mechanics... When Robert Cole foolishly refuses to raise Wells's pay, the youth goes to work for a competitor.

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1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robert H Cole
Age (Expanded): 47 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Gender: Male
Race: White
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 95
Line Number: 21
GS Film Number: 0954383
Digital Folder Number: 4286766
Image Number: 00080
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Robert H Cole M 47y Massachusetts
Adelia A Cole F 41y Massachusetts
Ella M Cole F 19y Massachusetts
Alfred E Cole M 16y Massachusetts
M Louise Cole F 28y Massachusetts
Eunice Hanna F 16y Massachusetts

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1865 Massachusetts Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

Robert Henry COLE - Main American Optical Co. Factory, Southbridge, Mass. The name American Optical Co. dates back to a meeting on Feb. 26, 1869, of members of two

Main American Optical Co. Factory, Southbridge, Mass.

"The name 'American Optical Co.' dates back to a meeting on Feb. 26, 1869, of members of two neighboring Southbridge firms, Robert H. Cole & Co. and H.C. Ammidown & Co. They met to combine into one firm and chose the title American Optical Co. because it was broad in scope. The company's objective was stated as "to manufacture and sell spectacles and eyeglasses of gold, silver, steel and plated metals, also rings and thimbles, and such other like articles as said company may from time to time desire to make. The firm was formally incorporated March 6, 1869, with R. H Cole as president; G. W. Wells, clerk; E. M. Cole and A. M. Cheney, directors. The capital stock, of 400 shares, totaled $40,000. Robert H. Cole had 150 shares; E. Merritt Cole, 80 shares; Alpha M. Cheney, 50 shares; Hiram C. Wells, 50 shares; George W. Wells 40 shares; and Charles E. Edmonds, 30 shares. They agreed to purchase from R. H. Cole for $1,900, real estate occupied by R. H. Cole & Co. on the south side of Main street, and to buy from the company; all machinery, tools and stock for a maximum of $12,800. lso, the spectacle shop of H. C. Ammidown for $3,700 and the firm's stock and tools for $4,700. On Jan. 31, 1870. Hiram C. Wells and Charles S. Edmonds were added to the directors. On Feb. 24, 1870, 20 shares of stock were transferred from R. H. Cole to George M. Wells. The capital stock was increased to $60,000 on March 7, 1871."

Southbridge Evening News, Southbridge, Massachusetts, April 27, 1960

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1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robert H Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1817-1818
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 52
Household ID: 402
Line Number: 11
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film Number: 000552154
Digital Folder Number: 004271396
Image Number: 00661
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Robert H Cole M 52 Massachusetts
Adelia Cole F 47 Massachusetts
Alfred E Cole M 21 Massachusetts
Ella M Cole F 24 Massachusetts
Maria L Cole F 33 Massachusetts
Elizabeth Fitts F 22 Massachusetts

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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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robt. H Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Manf Spectacles
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1817
Spouse's Name: Adelia A Cole
Spouse's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
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Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
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Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
PAge: 164
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 343
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0566
GS Film Number: 1254566
Digital Folder Number: 004241648
Image Number: 00146
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Robt. H Cole M 63 Massachusetts, United States
Wife Adelia A Cole F 56 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Ella M Cole F 34 Massachusetts, United States
Son Alford E Cole M 32 Massachusetts, United

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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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Robert H Cole
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Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Southbridge town (southeast part), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: 1679
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 57
Birth Date: May 1818
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1843
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Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: New Hampshire
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Sheet Number and Letter: 20A
Household ID: 432
Line Number: 4
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240694
Digital Folder Number: 004114468
Image Number: 00367
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert H Cole M 82 Massachusetts
Wife Adelia Cole F 77

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Death

Name: Robert H. Cole
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Jun 1900
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Southbridge
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Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Mufr.
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BirthPlace: Worcester
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
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Burial Place: Southbridge
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Father's Name: Elisha
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Father's BirthPlace: Boston
Mother's Name: Mary Mc Kinley
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Mother's BirthPlace: Chester, N.H.
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Reference ID: 458-126
GS Film Number: 1843728
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Digital Folder Number: 4289813
Image Number: 479

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