Walter Augustine JENNISON

Born

8 December 1866 , Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

Died

19 June 1914 , Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA

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William JENNISON Sarah Brackett JOHNSON

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Born: 8 December 1866 in Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William JENNISON

Mother: Sarah Brackett JOHNSON

Paternal grandparents: Dana JENNISON , Sally HOWE

Maternal grandparents: Samuel JOHNSON , Asenath GODDARD

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Walter Augustine married Alice Frances NURSE 13 September 1885 in Southborough, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alice Frances NURSE was born 4 April 1866 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro). Alice Frances died 18 December 1945 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA (Westboro). Alice Frances was the child of George Gilbert NURSE and Anna Maria SMITH.

Walter Augustine JENNISON died 19 June 1914 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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Walter Augustine JENNISON married

Alice Frances NURSE
Marriage date: 13 September 1885
Marriage place: Southborough, Massachusetts, USA
Alice Frances NURSE was the child of George Gilbert NURSE and Anna Maria SMITH

Children of Walter Augustine JENNISON and Alice Frances NURSE

Pearl May JENNISON

Born: 31 October 1886, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 4 November 1968, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Clarence Arthur WOOD 24 January 1914 Place: Framingham, Massachusetts, USA (South Framingham)

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Birth — 1866
8 December 1866
Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Walter Augustine JENNISON and Alice Frances NURSE 13 September 1885, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

He was 18 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1886 Birth of Child
Pearl May JENNISON was born 31 October 1886, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro)

Walter Augustine was 19 years old.

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