John SEMON

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May 1861 , Connecticut, USA

Died

21 July 1934 , North Canaan, Connecticut, USA

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John SEMON (SEAMAN)Bridget UNKNOWN

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Born: May 1861 in Connecticut, USA

Father: John SEMON (SEAMAN)

Mother: Bridget UNKNOWN

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John married Lizzie "Blanche" DECKER abt. 1885 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lizzie "Blanche" DECKER was born abt. 1863 in Pennsylvania, USA. Lizzie "Blanche" died abt. 1940

John SEMON died 21 July 1934 in North Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
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Recorded occupation: Ice Cream manufacturer

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Lizzie "Blanche" DECKER
Marriage date: abt. 1885
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Irene SEMON

Born: abt. 1885, , Pennsylvania, USA
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Birth — 1861
May 1861
Connecticut, USA

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)

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 - 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)

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 - New Haven, Connecticut
Name: John Leamon
[John Serman]
Age: 39
Birth Date: May 1861
Birthplace: Connecticut, USA
Home in 1900: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ward of City: 4
Street: Cassius
House Number: 25
Sheet Number: 3
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 48
Family Number: 71
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Blanche E Leamon
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Salesman Scale Co
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: H
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John Leamon 39 Head
Blanche E Leamon
36 Wife
Blanch I Leamon
15 Daughter
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 - New Haven, Connecticut
Name: John Semon
Age in 1910: 48
Birth Date: 1862
[1862]
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1910: New Haven Ward 10, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Street: Chapel Street
House Number: 1399
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Blanche E Semon
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Sea Man Prof Seman
Industry: Ice Creaming
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 27
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John Semon 48 Head
Blanche E Semon
46 Wife
Blanche I Semon
25 Daughter
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John SEMON - Home of Semons Ice Cream The Finest Ice Cream Plant in America 110 Bristol Street, New Haven, Conn. museumofcthistory.org Semon Ice Cream Corp

Home of Semons Ice Cream
"The Finest Ice Cream Plant in America"
110 Bristol Street, New Haven, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org

Semon Ice Cream Corporation was formed in 1905 from Hauff Ice Cream Corporation. The manager was John Semon.

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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 - New Haven, Connecticut
Name: John Semon
[John Semons]
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1920: New Haven Ward 10, New Haven, Connecticut
Street: Chapel Street
House Number: 1399
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Blanche E Semon
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Manufacturer
Industry: Ice Cream
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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John Semon 58 Head
Blanche E Semon
56 Wife
Irene S Bonner
35 Daughter
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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)

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.