John Edward WALSH

(b. 27 October 1852 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 August 1909 , Hudson, Massachusetts, USA )

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John Edward WALSH was born 27 October 1852 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

John Edward WALSH was the child of Patrick WALSH and Mary Ann CROSSEN (CROSSIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Patrick WALSH and Julia HALEY (HEALY)

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John Edward married Anne E THORNTON 28 January 1877 in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA . Anne E THORNTON was born February 1856 in Massachusetts, USA. Anne E died abt. 1937 in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA (Feltonville).

John Edward WALSH died 3 August 1909 in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA .
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Anne E THORNTON-- Date: 28 January 1877 Place: Hudson, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: John E. Walsh
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 Jan 1877
Event Place: Hudson, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 24
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Father's Name: Patrick
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Mother's Name: Mary Ann Crossing
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Spouse's Name: Annie E. Thornton
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Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Gilroy
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Certificate Number: 24
GS Film number: 1433038
Digital Folder Number: 4279605
Image Number: 00095
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Citing this Record:
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 31 January 2016), John E. Walsh and Annie E. Thornton, 28 Jan 1877; citing item 1 p 89, Hudson, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,038.

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Birth
Name: John E. Walsh
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
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Birth Date: 27 Oct 1852
Birthplace: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death Date:
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Race:
Father's Name: Patrick Walsh
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Mary A. Walsh
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01256-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2313271
Reference ID: 43

Citing this Record:
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F4P1-2Q7 : accessed 31 January 2016), John E. Walsh, 27 Oct 1852; citing Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, 43; FHL microfilm 2,313,271.
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1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: John E Walsh
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 3
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 304
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GS Film number: 000953963
Digital Folder Number: 004279377
Image Number: 00347

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Patrick Walsh M 33 Ireland
Mary A Walsh F 33 Ireland
James J Walsh M 5 Ireland
John E Walsh M 3 Massachusetts, United States
Agnes N Walsh F 0 Massachusetts, United States
1855 Massachusetts Census
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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)

1865 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: John Welch
Age (Expanded): 12 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status:
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 11
Line Number: 42
GS Film number: 0954381
Digital Folder Number: 4286761
Image Number: 00373

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Patrick Welch M 47y Ireland
Mary A Welch F 45y Ireland
James Welch M 14y Massachusetts
John Welch M 12y Massachusetts
Agnes Welch F 10y Massachusetts
William Welch M 8y Massachusetts
Mary Welch F 6y Massachusetts
Edward Welch M 3y Massachusetts
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: John Walsh
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852-1853
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 88
Household ID: 735
Line Number: 8
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: 00093

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Patrick Walsh M 50 Ireland
Mary A Walsh F 48 Ireland
James Walsh M 19 Massachusetts
John Walsh M 17 Massachusetts
Agnes Walsh F 14 Massachusetts
William Walsh M 13 Massachusetts
Mary Walsh F 11 Massachusetts
Edward Walsh M 9 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 Marriage / Partner
John Edward WALSH and Anne E THORNTON 28 January 1877, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA (Feltonville)

He was 24 years old.

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 - Hudson, Massachusetts
Name: John E Walsh
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Hudson town (north part), Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
District: 766
Gender: Male
Age: 48
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: 23
Birth Date: Oct 1852
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1877
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 25A
Household ID: 572
Line Number: 16
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240659
Digital Folder Number: 004113844
Image Number: 00582

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John E Walsh Head M 48 Massachusetts
Annie E Walsh Wife F 45 Massachusetts
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)

Death
Name: John Edward Walsh
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 03 Aug 1909
Event Place: Hudson,,Massachusetts
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Gender: Male
Age: 56
Marital Status: Married
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Birth Date: 1853
Birthplace: Leominster, Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
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Father's Name: Patrick Walsh
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Mother's Name: Mary Ann Crossin
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Reference ID: 28
GS Film number: 2313391
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Digital Folder Number: 4283143
Image Number: 00684

Citing this Record:
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Added: 1/30/2016 10:53:47 AM - Updated: 7/10/2025 2:49:30 PM