Walter A BRIGGS

Born

26 June 1870 , North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Died

6 August 1926 , Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Walter A married Anna L THEINERT 29 February 1892 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna L THEINERT was born 13 September 1874 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Anna L died 12 January 1972 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Anna L was the child of August Karl THEUNERT (THEINERT) and Johanna Ernestine WALTHER .

Parents & Family of Walter A BRIGGS

Parents of Walter A BRIGGS

Father

Russell Brown BRIGGS

Mother

Eliza MANCHESTER

Grandparents of Walter A BRIGGS

Paternal grandparents

Asaph Leonard BRIGGS Lilly EATON

Maternal grandparents

Abel O. MANCHESTER Sophia DAVIS

(s)

Death date, place, cemetery not proven

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: carpenter

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Walter A BRIGGS

Walter A BRIGGS married

Anna L THEINERT
Marriage date: 29 February 1892
Marriage place: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Anna L THEINERT was the child of August Karl THEUNERT (THEINERT) and Johanna Ernestine WALTHER

Marriage notes:

Daughter of Phillip and Augustine Theunert? She was 19, born in Holyoke. He was 23, born in North Adams.

Groom's Name: Walter A Briggs

Groom's Birth Date: 1869

Groom's Birthplace: N. Adams, Mass.

Groom's Age: 23

Bride's Name: Annie M Thienert Or ...Hierer

Bride's Birth Date: 1873

Bride's Birthplace: Holyoke, Mass.

Bride's Age: 19

Marriage Date: 29 Feb 1892

Marriage Place: Lawrence, Exeter, Massachusetts

Groom's Father's Name: Russell B

Groom's Mother's Name: Eliza

Bride's Father's Name: Phillip

Bride's Mother's Name: Augustine

Groom's Race:

Groom's Marital Status: Single

Groom's Previous Wife's Name:

Bride's Race:

Bride's Marital Status: Single

Bride's Previous Husband's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02741-1

Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

Source Film Number: 1651233

Reference Number: p 369

Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Source: familysearch.org

Children of Walter A BRIGGS and Anna L THEINERT

Martin BRIGGS

Born: abt. 1898, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Died: 20 December 1898, Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Walter A BRIGGS.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Walter A BRIGGS.

Postcards and Memories of North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

How to read this timeline
Records about Walter A BRIGGS and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

1870 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Russell Briggs, age 35, b. abt 1835
Eliza Briggs, age 32, b. abt 1838
Hattie Briggs, age 11, b. abt 1859
Walter Briggs, age 2, b. abt 1868

Source / record details
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

Birth — 1870
26 June 1870
North Adams, Massachusetts, 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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut

Russell Briggs, 44, b. abt 1836, MA, parents b. MA, machinist
Eliza Briggs, 43, b. abt 1837, VT, parents b. VT, keeping house
Hattie Fuller, daughter, 21, b. abt 1859, MA, works in cabinet mill
Etta Briggs, daughter, 14, b. abt 1866, MA, works in cabinet mill
Walter Briggs, son, 12, b. abt 1868, MA, at school
Maude Fuller, granddaughter, 4, b. abt 1876, MA
Loren J. Allen, 45, b. abt 1835, CT, parents b. CT, carriage maker

Source / record details
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Marriage / Partner
Walter A BRIGGS and Anna L THEINERT 29 February 1892, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

Connecticut City Directories > Middletown > 1898 - Ancestry.com

Page 28
Briggs Walter A., emp 320 Main, h 58 Wyllys

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.

Connecticut City Directories > Middletown > 1899 - Ancestry.com

Page 28
Briggs, Walter A., cabinetmaker, 342 Main h do

Connecticut City Directories > Middletown > 1900 - Ancestry.com

Page 28
Briggs Walter A., rem to Hartford

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

1910 - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Living in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1910, the informant on his father's death certificate

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 - Boston, Massachusetts

Name: Walter P Briggs
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1869
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Boston Ward 2, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Nova Scotia
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

Household Members:
Name Age
Mary E Regan 47
Edward R Regan 23
Margaret E Regan 16
Bernard J Regan 11
William Regan 9
James Bagan
Walter P Briggs 51
Ellsworth Bassett 59
Frank Payne 47
Thomas Meade 40
Armour Mcfarland 64
Herbert Taker 51
Charles Flambard
Samuel Sutherland 47
John Moorhead 40
Henry Anderson 49
James L Rice 60

Source / record details
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

1926 What are the odds?

Florida Deaths, 1877-1939 for Walter A. Briggs
Name: Walter A. Briggs
titles & terms (original):
titles & terms (standardized):
Death Date: 06 Aug 1926
death Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
Gender: Male
Race (Original): W
race (expanded): White
death Age: 56y
estimated Birth Year: 1870
Birth Date:
birthPlace: Mass
Marital Status: Married
spouse's Name: Elizabeth
spouse's titles & terms (original):
spouse's titles & terms (standardized):
father's Name:
father's titles & terms (original):
father's titles & terms (standardized):
father's birthPlace:
mother's Name:
mother's titles & terms (original):
mother's titles & terms (standardized):
mother's birthPlace:
Occupation: Bldg. Contractor
street address: 210 Lackawanna
place of Residence:
cemetery: West Evergreen
burial Place:
burial date: 09 Aug 1926
funeral home:
informant:
additional relatives:
Film Number: 2116656
reference number: 13220

Source / record details
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website