Frank Joseph LAWLER

Born

31 July 1863 , Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

25 January 1936 , Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 31 July 1863 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Frank Joseph LAWLER

Father

James LAWLER

Mother

Margaret C HAFEY (HEAFEY) (HEAPHY)

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Frank Joseph married Annie Cecilia LOONEY 4 October 1899 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Annie Cecilia LOONEY was born abt. 1869 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA . Annie Cecilia died abt. 1952 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Frank Joseph LAWLER died 25 January 1936 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Frank Joseph LAWLER

Frank Joseph LAWLER married

Annie Cecilia LOONEY
Marriage date: 4 October 1899
Marriage place: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Frank J Lawler

Age: 36

Birth Year: abt 1863

Birth Place: Deerfield

Marriage Date: 4 Oct 1899

Marriage Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: James Lawler

Mother: Margaret Heafy

Spouse: Annie C Looney

Name: Annie C Looney

Age: 30

Birth Year: abt 1869

Birth Place: Deerfield

Marriage Date: 4 Oct 1899

Marriage Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: James Looney

Mother: Catherine Flannagan

Spouse: Frank J Lawler

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of Frank Joseph LAWLER and Annie Cecilia LOONEY

Thomas Lawrence LAWLER

Born: 10 October 1904, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: February 1957, Andover, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marjorie Louise GIMLICH 15 September 1934 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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(III) Frank Joseph Lawler, son of James and Margaret (Hafey) Lawler, was born at South Deerfield, July 31, 1863, and was educated in the public schools of his native town and Leicester, Massachusetts. At the age of thirteen he began to work in a shoe factory to
aid in the support of the family and to learn his trade, and in 1881 he removed to Greenfield, where, for the following twelve years, he was employed in a shoe factory. He was ambitious, however, and devoted his leisure hours to study. In 1888 he began to read law in
the office of Samuel O. Lamb, Esq., of Greenfield, continuing his work in the shoe factory at the same time. Later he entered the Boston University Law School, took the three years course in one year, was graduated in June, 1894, and was admitted to the bar the following month. He immediately began the practice of his profession, and in February, 1895, formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Samuel O. Lamb, under the firm name of Lamb & Lawler, which

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John H. (John Hoyt) Lockwood. Western Massachusetts; a history, 1636-1925 (Volume 3) online.

Birth — 1863
31 July 1863
Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.

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

1870 - Deerfield, Massachusetts

Name: Frank Lawler
Age in 1870: 6
Birth Year: abt 1864
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 190
Home in 1870: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Deerfield
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Attended School: Y
Inferred Father:
Janes Lawler
Inferred Mother:
Margaret Lawler
Household Members Age
Janes Lawler
35
Margaret Lawler
37
Frank Lawler 6
Nicholas Lawler
5
Thomas Lawler

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 - Leicester, Massachusetts

Name: Frank Lawler
Age: 16
Birth Date: Abt 1864
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Street: On Main Road In Village of Leicester Commencing At The West and Going East
Dwelling Number: 350
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James Lawler
Father's BirthPlace: Ireland
Mother's Name: Margaret Lawler
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
Occupation: Works In Shoe Factory
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Household Members Age Relationship
James Lawler
40 Self (Head)
Margaret Lawler
47 Wife
Frank Lawler 16 Son
Nicholas J Lawler
15 Son
Thomas Lawler
11 Son
Mary A Lawler
7 Daughter

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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.

1899 Marriage / Partner
Frank Joseph LAWLER and Annie Cecilia LOONEY 4 October 1899, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

He was 36 years old.

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.

1904 Birth of Child
Thomas Lawrence LAWLER was born 10 October 1904, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

Frank Joseph was 41 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 - Greenfield, Massachusetts

Name: Frank J Lawler
Age in 1910: 47
Birth Year: abt 1863
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Street: James Street
House Number: 7
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annie C Lawler
Father's BirthPlace: Ireland
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Lawyer
Industry: General Practice
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 10
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Household Members Age Relationship
Frank J Lawler 47 Head
Annie C Lawler
42 Wife
James F Lawler
8 Son
Thomas L Lawler
5 Son
Francis J Lawler
1 Son
Margret F Lawler
9 Daughter
Catherine M Lawler
6 Daughter
Ethel M Tyrell
35 Servant

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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 - Greenfield, Massachusetts

Name: Frank J Lawler
[Frank J Lawber]
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1864
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Street: James Street
House Number: 16
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anna C Lawler
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Lawyer
Industry: General Practice
Employment Field: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members Age Relationship
Frank J Lawler 56 Head
Anna C Lawler
50 Wife
Margarette F Lawler
18 Daughter
James F Lawler
17 Son
Katherine M Lawler
16 Daughter
Thomas L Lawler
15 Son
Francis J Lawler
11 Son

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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 - Greenfield, Massachusetts

Name: Frank J Lawler
Birth Year: abt 1864
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 66
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Map of Home: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Street Address: James St
House Number: 16
Dwelling Number: 92
Family Number: 120
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 13, 000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First MarriAge: 32
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's BirthPlace: Ireland
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Lawyer
Industry: Gen Practice
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Frank J Lawler 66 Head
Annie C Lawler
62 Wife
Francis J Lawler
21 Son
James F Lawler
28 Son
Margaret F Lawler
29 Daughter
Catherine M Lawler
26 Daughter

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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)

1934 Marriage of Child
Thomas Lawrence LAWLER married 15 September 1934, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA to Marjorie Louise GIMLICH

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