James Henry WALSH

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25 July 1862 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Died

24 June 1943 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

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James WALSH Bridget DONNELLY

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Born: 25 July 1862 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Father: James WALSH

Mother: Bridget DONNELLY

Paternal grandparents: Patrick WALSH , Julia HALEY (HEALY)

Maternal grandparents: Patrick DONNELLY , Mary MORAN

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James Henry married Lillie E QUINN 6 January 1887 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lillie E QUINN was born July 1861 in Brandon, Vermont, USA (Forest Dale).

James Henry married (2) Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER 25 January 1930 in Milford, New Hampshire, USA . Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER was born August 1873 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Bridget Loretta "Rita" died 21 October 1941 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. Bridget Loretta "Rita" was the child of Philip DWYER and Mary DONAHUE.

James Henry WALSH died 24 June 1943 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA.
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James Henry WALSH married

Lillie E QUINN
Marriage date: 6 January 1887
Marriage place: Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Children of James Henry WALSH and Lillie E QUINN

James Henry WALSH

Born: 24 February 1889, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1961, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marguerite Alice SHEEHAN 16 July 1917 Place: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

James Henry WALSH married

Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER
Marriage date: 25 January 1930
Marriage place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA
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Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER was the child of Philip DWYER and Mary DONAHUE

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Name: Ritta Dwyer

Gender: Female

Race: White

Marriage Age: 51

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Year: abt 1879

Birth Place: Norwich, Connecticut

Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1930

Marriage Place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Philip Dwyer

Mother: Mary Donahue

Spouse: James H Walsh

Name: James H Walsh

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marriage Age: 67

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Year: abt 1863

Birth Place: Leominster, Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1930

Marriage Place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA

Father: James Walsh

Mother: Bridget Donnelly

Spouse: Ritta Dwyer

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Name: James Welch
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 25 Jul 1862
Event Place: Massachusetts
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Father's Name: James Welch
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Reference ID: 184
GS Film number: 1420998
Digital Folder Number: 4341182
Image Number: 615

Citing this Record:
'Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FXZS-QY9 : accessed 28 January 2016), James Welch in entry for James Welch, 25 Jul 1862; citing Massachusetts, reference 184, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm ...Read full story

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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 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Jas Walsh
Age (Expanded): 3 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Gender: Male
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Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 478
Line Number: 29
GS Film number: 0954381
Digital Folder Number: 4286761
Image Number: 00415

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James Walsh M 33y Ireland
Bridget Walsh F 28y Ireland
Mary Walsh F 6y Massachusetts
John Walsh M 5y Massachusetts
Jas Walsh M 3y Massachusetts
Kate Walsh F 5m Massachusetts
Michael Lynch M 22y Ireland
Pat Killelen M 22y Ireland
Hugh Killelen M 24y Ireland
M Cummiskey F 22y Ireland
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.

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

1870 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: James Walsh
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861-1862
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 34
Household ID: 312
Line Number: 40
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552153
Digital Folder Number: 004271395
Image Number: 00039

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James Walsh M 38 Ireland
Bridgett Walsh F 36 Ireland
Mary Walsh F 11 Massachusetts
John Walsh M 10 Massachusetts
James Walsh M 8 Massachusetts
Kate Walsh F 5 Massachusetts
Hannah Walsh F 4 Massachusetts
Mary Walsh F 2 Massachusetts
Julia Walsh F 0 Massachusetts
John Chase M 65 Massachusetts
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

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

1887 Marriage / Partner
James Henry WALSH and Lillie E QUINN 6 January 1887, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

He was 24 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Birth of Child
James Henry WALSH was born 24 February 1889, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

James Henry was 26 years old.

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 - 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

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

1917 Marriage of Child
James Henry WALSH married 16 July 1917, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA to Marguerite Alice SHEEHAN

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

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)

1930 Marriage / Partner
James Henry WALSH and Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER 25 January 1930, Milford, New Hampshire, USA

He was 67 years old.

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)

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

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER died 21 October 1941, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

Partial Obituary
J. H. Walsh, Sr. Taken By Death at Leominster

...Besides his brother, Senator Walsh, he is survived by a son, James H. Walsh, Jr., of this city, city solicitor and Vice-President of the Worcester County Bar Assn., four sisters, Misses Mary, Hannah and Julia Walsh of Clinton, and Mrs. Ellen Dooley of Allston...

Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
June 24, 1943

Death — 1943
24 June 1943
Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 80.

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