William J WALSH

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28 March 1871 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Died

11 May 1940 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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James WALSH Bridget DONNELLY

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Born: 28 March 1871 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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William J married Alice T CARNES 14 January 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Alice T CARNES was born May 1873 in Connecticut, USA.

William J WALSH died 11 May 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Alice T CARNES
Marriage date: 14 January 1897
Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: William J Walsh

Birth Date: 1872

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Age: 25

Spouse's Name: Alice T Carnes

Spouse's Birth Date: 1874

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Spouse's Age: 23

Event Date: 14 Jan 1897

Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Father's Name: James Walsh

Mother's Name: Bridget

Spouse's Father's Name: Richard Carnes

Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00930-4

System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

GS Film number: 819796

Reference ID: 241

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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch : accessed 28 January 2016), James Walsh in entry for William J Walsh and Alice T Carnes, 14 Jan 1897; citing reference 241; FHL microfilm 819,796.

Children of William J WALSH and Alice T CARNES

John William WALSH

Born: 4 November 1898, Shirley, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1945, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

William J WALSH

Born: 30 January 1909, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: February 1977, , Massachusetts, USA

Mary Margaret WALSH

Born: 22 March 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: , Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth
Name: William Welch
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 28 Mar 1871
Event Place: Leominster, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: James Welch
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Reference ID: 261
GS Film number: 1428075
Digital Folder Number: 4341190
Image Number: 77

Citing this Record:
'Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FXZ1-1YQ : accessed 28 January 2016), James Welch in entry for William Welch, 28 Mar 1871; citing Leominster, Massachusetts, reference 261, Massachusetts...Read full story

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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 Marriage / Partner
William J WALSH and Alice T CARNES 14 January 1897, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

He was 25 years old.

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 Birth of Child
John William WALSH was born 4 November 1898, Shirley, Massachusetts, USA

William J was 27 years old.

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 - Shirley, Massachusetts
Name: William Walsh
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Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Shirley Town (incl. United Society of Shakers), Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
District: 919
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 3
Birth Date: Mar 1871
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1897
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Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
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Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Household ID: 148
Line Number: 30
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240665
Digital Folder Number: 004113850
Image Number: 00083

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Walsh Head M 29 Massachusetts
Alice T Walsh Wife F 27 Connecticut
John M...Read full story

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 Birth of Child
William J WALSH was born 30 January 1909, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

William J was 37 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: William J Walsh
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Boston Ward 25, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 1644
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 7
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Household ID: 127
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Film Number: 625
GS Film Number: 1374638
Digital Folder Number: 004972456
Image Number: 00597

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William J Walsh Head M 39 Massachusetts
Alice T Walsh Wife F 36 Connecticut
John W Walsh Son M 11 Massachusetts
William Walsh Son M 1 Massachusetts
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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 Birth of Child
Mary Margaret WALSH was born 22 March 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

William J was 42 years old.

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

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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: William J Walsh
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Boston (Districts 1-250), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 247
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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Father's Birthplace: Irish Free State
Mother's Birthplace: Irish Free State
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 6
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 19
Line Number: 88
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 958
GS Film Number: 2340693
Digital Folder Number: 004950031
Image Number: 00965

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William J Walsh Head M 59 Massachusetts
Alice T Walsh Wife F 56 Connecticut
John W Walsh Son M 31 Massachusetts
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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: William J Walsh
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 22, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 15-745
Family Number: 173
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 47
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1682
Digital Folder Number: 005460954
Image Number: 00182

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William J Walsh Head M 69 Massachusetts
Alice T Walsh Wife F 66 Connecticut
William J Walsh Son M 31 Massachusetts
Margaret Mcgroty Cousin F 72 New Hampshire
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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