Nelson BAVIER

(b. abt. 1852 , Newark, New Jersey, USA d. 11 September 1924 , New Haven, Connecticut, USA )

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Nelson BAVIER was born abt. 1852 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Nelson BAVIER was the child of Bernard BAVIER and Lavinia SWIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) James SWIN and Margaret (Olive) ACKERMAN

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Nelson married Sarah A CURTISS 15 October 1871 in Torrington, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Sarah A CURTISS was born abt. 1851 in Connecticut, USA. Sarah A was the child of Lucius CURTISS and Mary Ann CLEVELAND.

Nelson BAVIER died 11 September 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA .
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Nelson BAVIER married

Sarah A CURTISS-- Date: 15 October 1871 Place: Torrington, Connecticut, USA
Sarah A CURTISS was the child of Lucius CURTISS and Mary Ann CLEVELAND

Children of Nelson BAVIER and Sarah A CURTISS:

Sarah Bella BAVIER (b.abt. 1873, , Connecticut, USA d. , )

Nelson Adulphus BAVIER (b.30 April 1874, Ansonia, Connecticut, USA d. 25 May 1949, Manchester, Connecticut, USA )
m. Olive Kate REEVES 1897

George Henry BAVIER (b.19 August 1878, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA d. 9 November 1943, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA)

Earl Stanley BAVIER (b.28 January 1884, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. abt. 1933, )

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Nelson Bavier was born in Newark, New Jersey, and there received his education in the public
schools. Thereafter, he became interested in the manufacture of hardware, and has followed this general line up to the present time. For several years he was superintendent of the New Haven Clock Company at their New Haven plant. He is now located at Chatham. Connecticut, where he is a manufacturer of various kinds of hardware His wife was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and is a daughter of Captain Lucius Curtiss, a soldier of the Civil War. Mrs. Bavier's mother, Mary (Cleveland) Curtiss, was a sister of ex-President Grover Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Bavier are the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter: Nelson, Jr., now city engineer of Hartford, Connecticut, who married Olive Reeves ; Isabelle, who became the wife of Herbert S Bush, and is a resident of New Haven; George H., now of Boston, who is assistant to the president of the Boston & Maine railroad, and an important...Read MORE...

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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 Attleboro, Massachusetts
Name: Nelson Beavier
Age (Expanded): 10 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: New Jersey
Marital Status:
Event Place: Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
Family Number: 49
Line Number: 33
GS Film number: 0953968
Digital Folder Number: 4286755
Image Number: 00089

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Bernard Beavier M 38y Ireland
Lavina Beavier F 33y New Jersey
Nelson Beavier M 10y New Jersey
Adolphus Beavier M 11y New Jersey
Henry D Beavier M 8y Massachusetts
Emily A Beavier F 5y Massachusetts
William C Beavier M 3y Massachusetts
Joseph W Beavier M 1y Rhode Island
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 Ansonia, Connecticut
Name: Nelson Bavier
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Connecticut, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851-1852
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page Number: 61
Household ID: 485
Line Number: 26
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000545610
Digital Folder Number: 004263325
Image Number: 00221

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lavinia Bavier F 40 New Jersey
Nelson Bavier M 18 New Jersey
Adolphus Bavier M 16 New Jersey
Henry Bavier M 14 New Jersey
Emily Bavier F 10 Massachusetts
William Bavier M 8 Massachusetts
Joseph Bavier M 6 Connecticut
Chas Bavier M 4 Connecticut
Alice Bavier F 2 Connecticut

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Nelson BAVIER and Sarah A CURTISS 15 October 1871, Torrington, Connecticut, USA

1874 Birth of Child
Nelson Adulphus BAVIER was born 30 April 1874, Ansonia, Connecticut, USA

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.

1878 Birth of Child
George Henry BAVIER was born 19 August 1878, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Earl Stanley BAVIER was born 28 January 1884, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

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.

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

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