Andrew J CROFUT

Born

8 May 1833 , Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Died

25 November 1893 , Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

Born: 8 May 1833 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Parents & Family of Andrew J CROFUT

Parents of Andrew J CROFUT

Father

Jared CROFUT

Mother

Grace DREW

Grandparents of Andrew J CROFUT

Paternal grandparents

Isaac CROFUT Tarhphena HULL

Maternal grandparents

Isaac DREW Abigail MOREHOUSE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Andrew J married Jennett A SEYMOUR 31 May 1854 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA . Jennett A SEYMOUR was born 16 February 1835 in Connecticut, USA. Jennett A died 15 February 1888 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA .

Andrew J married (2) Harriet Rebecca "Hattie" HOLBROOK 30 April 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . Harriet Rebecca "Hattie" HOLBROOK was born 14 March 1854 in Boylston, Massachusetts, USA.

Andrew J CROFUT died 25 November 1893 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Andrew J CROFUT

Andrew J CROFUT married

Jennett A SEYMOUR
Marriage date: 31 May 1854
Marriage place: Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Children of Andrew J CROFUT and Jennett A SEYMOUR

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Andrew J CROFUT married

Harriet Rebecca "Hattie" HOLBROOK
Marriage date: 30 April 1889
Marriage place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Andrew J CROFUT and Harriet Rebecca "Hattie" HOLBROOK

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Birth — 1833
8 May 1833
Danbury, Connecticut, USA

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

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

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

1854 Marriage / Partner
Andrew J CROFUT and Jennett A SEYMOUR 31 May 1854, Danbury, Connecticut, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

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

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

1888 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jennett A SEYMOUR died 15 February 1888, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (Rowayton) (South Norwalk) (East Norwalk)

1889 Marriage / Partner
Andrew J CROFUT and Harriet Rebecca "Hattie" HOLBROOK 30 April 1889, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

He was 56 years old.

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

Death — 1893
25 November 1893
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 60.

Andrew J CROFUT - Crofut and Knapp Co., East Norwalk, Conn. museumofcthistory.org The Norwalk, Connecticut hat manufacturer Crofut and Knapp began operations in 185

Crofut and Knapp Co., East Norwalk, Conn.
museumofcthistory.org

The Norwalk, Connecticut hat manufacturer Crofut and Knapp began operations in 1858 as a result of a partnership between hatmakers James H. Knapp and Andrew J. Crofut. The firm specialized in firm or ‘hard’ hats and is credited with producing the first derby style hat in America in 1860. These were manufactured in a shop at the corner of North Main and Union Streets Norwalk. The Crofut and Knapp Company was incorporated in 1873 and by the late-19th century it occupied a second sprawling factory complex located at the corner of Tolles and Water Streets in South Norwalk, the heart of Norwalk’s hat industry at the time... connecticutmills.org

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