Claude Eugene ALMY

(b. July 1865 , Springport, New York, USA d. 26 February 1925 , Clifton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA )

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Claude Eugene ALMY was born July 1865 in Springport, New York, USA

Claude Eugene ALMY was the child of Henry ALMY and Huldah Maria SHARPSTEEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert ALMY and Harriet SALISBURY (maternal) John SHARPSTEEN and Susan SMITH

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

Claude Eugene married Frances Lockwood CALHOUN abt. 1896 in Brutus, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Frances Lockwood CALHOUN was born May 1866 in Cayuga County, New York, USA. Frances Lockwood died 14 March 1920 in Auburn, New York, USA. Frances Lockwood was the child of James Nichols CALHOUN and Evaline A THORNTON.

Claude Eugene ALMY died 26 February 1925 in Clifton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA .
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Claude Eugene ALMY married

Frances Lockwood CALHOUN-- Date: abt. 1896 Place: Brutus, New York, USA
Frances Lockwood CALHOUN was the child of James Nichols CALHOUN and Evaline A THORNTON

Married in the village of Weedsport, NY

Children of Claude Eugene ALMY and Frances Lockwood CALHOUN:

Henry Calhoun ALMY (b.28 December 1896, Auburn, New York, USA d. 6 August 1987, Syracuse, New York, USA)
m. Alma Caroline TALLADAY 30 April 1927 in Auburn, New York, USA
m. Julia Ruth LATHROP 17 March 1934 in Syracuse, New York, USA

Willis Eugene ALMY (b.abt. 1901, Auburn, New York, USA d. 25 June 1927, Saranac Lake, New York, USA)

Robert Leroy ALMY (b.11 August 1907, Auburn, New York, USA d. 3 May 2002, Manhattan, New York, USA )
m. Helen Georgia BISSELL 21 June 1943 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA

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1865 Birth
July 1865
Springport, New York, USA

Biography
ALMY, C. E.
C. E. Almy, assistant superintendent of the D. M. Osborne Works has been connected with this important industrial enterprise for twenty-five years. He has worked up from a clerk to the position of assistant superintendent of the works. Mr. Almy has a practical knowledge of the business, and this with his ability as a manager has made his services of inestimable value to the corporation. He is a descendant of one of the oldest Holland families in the state and is one of Auburn's enterprising and substantial citizens. At the present Mr. Almy is a member of the Board of Education. He was elected to fill out an unexpired term and then re-elected to a full term of three years, in May, 1907. His parents were Henry and Hulda M. (Sharpsteen) Almy. Henry Almy was a native of Washington County, N. Y. The Sharpsteens were residents of Dutchess County for generations. Mr. Almy married Frances R. Calhoun and they have three sons: Henry C, Willis E. and Robert L. Almy.
History of Cayuga County, New York..."; Auburn, N. Y., 1908. - Tr. by Mary Saggio

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 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
name: Claude Almey
estimated birth year: 1865
gender: Male
age in 1870: 5y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: New York
home in 1870: New York, United States
Household Gender Age
Henry Almey M 37y
Hulda Almey F 32y
Claude Almey M 5y
Nettie Almey F 2y
Susan Sharpatine F 73y
Phebe Sharpatine F 35y

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.

1875 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: C Eugene Almy
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Family Number: 292
Page: 32
Line Number: 12
GS Film number: 853206
Digital Folder Number: 004858094
Image Number: 00145
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Henry Almy M 42
Wife Huldah M Almy F 37
Son C Eugene Almy M 9
Son Arthur L Almy M 3
Mother Susan Sharpstein F 78
Sister-in-law Phebe Sharpstein F 40
1875 New York State Census
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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)

1880 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: Euguene Alma
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1866
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Name: Huldah Alma
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 256
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 5697
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0813
GS Film number: 1254813
Digital Folder Number: 004242020
Image Number: 00277
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Huldah Alma F 42 New York, United States
Son Euguene Alma M 14 New York, United States
Son Arthur L. Alma M 8 New York, United States
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1892 Auburn, Ward 10, E.D. 02, Cayuga, New York
Phoebie Sharpsteen, f, 55, b. U.S., seamstress
Holda Almy, f, 53, b. U.S., seamstress
C Eugeen Almy, m, 26, b. U.S., cashier
A Le Roy Almy, m, 20, b. U.S., student
1892 New York State Census
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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
Henry Calhoun ALMY was born 28 December 1896, Auburn, New York, USA

Claude Eugene was 31 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Almy and son Henry of Auburn, and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Wiley of Cayuga, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stewart over Sunday.

Union Springs Advertiser
Union Springs, New York
September 8, 1898

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 Auburn Ward 10, Cayuga, New York
Living on East Genesee St.
Almy, C. Eugene, b. July 1865, age 34, married 6 years, b. NY, parents b. NY, occupation: swift (harvesting co.)
Almy, Frances, wife, b. May 1866, age 34, married 6 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living, b. NY, parents b. NY
Almy, Henry C., son, b. Dec 1896, age 3, b. NY, parents b. NY
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.

1905 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: Eugene C Almy
Residence Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Age: 39
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Birthplace: United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Race: W
Gender:
Family Number: 133
Page: 37
Reference ID: 19
GS Film number: 1435220
Digital Folder Number: 4296306
Image Number: 00120
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Eugene C Almy M 39y United States
Wife Frances C Almy F 38y United States
Son Henry C Almy M 8y United States
Son Willis E Almy M 4y United States
1905 New York State Census
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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)

1907 Birth of Child
Robert Leroy ALMY was born 11 August 1907, Auburn, New York, USA

Claude Eugene was 42 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Auburn Ward 10, Cayuga, New York
Living on East Genesee Street in Auburn, NY -- C. Eugene Almy, 44, superintendent of iron works. Frances Almy, wife, 43. Henry C. Almy, son, 13. Willis E. Almy, son, 9. Robert L. Almy, son, 2. Huldah Almy, mother, 70, had 4 children (1 living), seamstress for private families
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Auburn Ward 10, Cayuga, New York
Living on East Genesee Street in Auburn, NY -- C. Eugene Almy, 53, employment agent rope shop. Frances C. Almy, wife, 52. Henry C. Almy, son, 23. Willis E. Almy, son, 19. Robert L. Almy, son, 12. Hulda M. Almy, mother, 82.
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1920 Death of Spouse/Partner
Frances Lockwood CALHOUN died 14 March 1920, Auburn, New York, USA

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

Death
C. Eugene Almy, age 59, died 26 Feb 1925. Buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, NY. His wife, Frances C. Almy, age 53, died 17 Mar 1920 and is also buried there.
Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, NY cayuganet.org
Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery (NY) (Images of America)

Obituary
The Auburn Citizen, Tuesday, February 24, 1925 -- 'C. Eugene Almy dies at Clifton

Illness was of Several Weeks' Duration

'C. EUGENE ALMY DIES AT CLIFTON. . . . C. Eugene Almy, 59, one of Auburn's best known and respected citizens, died yesterday afternoon at the Clifton Springs Sanitarium after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Almy was a descendant of one of the oldest Holland families in the state, the son of Henry Almy and Hulda Sharpsteen Almy. The father was a native of Washington County and his mother's family were residents of Dutchess County for generations. The deceased entered the employ of D. M. Osborne & Co. when a lad and worked up through the various grades to the high post of assistant superintendent in charge of the No. 2 plant in North Auburn. For several years he has had charge of the Employment Department of the Columbian Rope Company. At one time he was superintendent of industries in Sing Sing Prison under Warden T. M. Osborne. He has always been active in...Read MORE...