Norman Edward WHITTUM

Born

6 December 1875 , Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Died

13 August 1938 , Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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George Edward WHITTUM Mary Adelaide HODGES

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Born: 6 December 1875 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: George Edward WHITTUM

Mother: Mary Adelaide HODGES

Maternal grandparents: Henry Willard HODGES , Mary E SMITH

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Norman Edward married Charlotte May BULLARD 17 April 1901 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte May BULLARD was born 23 January 1875 in Massachusetts, USA. Charlotte May died October 1956 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard). Charlotte May was the child of Walter Cook BULLARD and Edna Jane SHURTLEFF.

Norman Edward WHITTUM died 13 August 1938 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .

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Charlotte May BULLARD
Marriage date: 17 April 1901
Marriage place: Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA
Charlotte May BULLARD was the child of Walter Cook BULLARD and Edna Jane SHURTLEFF

Children of Norman Edward WHITTUM and Charlotte May BULLARD

Frederick Kinsley WHITTUM

Born: 23 September 1908, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 August 1946, , Connecticut, USA

Married: Clarice Pray MEACHAM 1941

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Birth — 1875
6 December 1875
Dorchester, Massachusetts, 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)

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.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Marriage / Partner
Norman Edward WHITTUM and Charlotte May BULLARD 17 April 1901, Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA

He was 25 years old.

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)

1908 Birth of Child
Frederick Kinsley WHITTUM was born 23 September 1908, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

Norman Edward was 32 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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 - 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