Ernest Byron MOULTON

(b. 20 September 1866 , Unity, Maine, USA d. 29 September 1957 , Unity, Maine, USA )

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Ernest Byron MOULTON was born 20 September 1866 in Unity, Maine, USA

Ernest Byron MOULTON was the child of Elkanah Harding MOULTON and Melissa TASKER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benjamin MOULTON and Hannah HARDING

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Ernest Byron married Alfgive C "Allie" CORNFORTH 1 January 1895 in Troy, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alfgive C "Allie" CORNFORTH was born 3 July 1872 Alfgive C "Allie" died 10 June 1919

Ernest Byron MOULTON died 29 September 1957 in Unity, Maine, USA.
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Ernest Byron MOULTON married

Alfgive C "Allie" CORNFORTH-- Date: 1 January 1895 Place: Troy, Maine, USA
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Name: Earnest B Moulton
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1867
Spouse: Alfgine C Cornforth
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 22
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1895
Marriage Place: Troy
Registration Place: Troy, Waldo, Maine, USA
Father: Elkanah
Mother: Malissa
Spouse Father: Otis F
Spouse Mother: Olive J

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Children of Ernest Byron MOULTON and Alfgive C "Allie" CORNFORTH:

Helen Gertrude MOULTON (b.2 April 1896, Unity, Maine, USA d. 30 January 1975, Newport, Maine, USA )

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1866 Birth
20 September 1866
Unity, Maine, 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

Unity, Waldo, Maine
Name: Earnest B Moulton
Age in 1870: 3
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Unity, Waldo, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Unity
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Elhanah H Moulton 47
Melissa Moulton 36
Clarey E Moulton 14
Charles E Moulton 12
Benjamin Moulton 6
Earnest B Moulton 3

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 - 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)

Unity, Waldo, Maine
Name: Earnest B. Moulton
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Unity, Waldo, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Elkuah H. Moulton
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's name: Melissa Moulton
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
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Occupation: At School
Household Members:
Name Age
Elkuah H. Moulton 57
Melissa Moulton 46
Benjamin F. Moulton 16
Earnest B. Moulton 13

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Marriage / Partner
Ernest Byron MOULTON and Alfgive C "Allie" CORNFORTH 1 January 1895, Troy, Maine, USA

He was 28 years old.

1896 Birth of Child
Helen Gertrude MOULTON was born 2 April 1896, Unity, Maine, USA

Ernest Byron was 29 years old.

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.

Unity, Waldo, Maine
Name: Ernest B Moulton
Age: 33
Birth Date: Sep 1866
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1900: Unity, Waldo, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alfgive C Moulton
Marriage Year: 1895
Years Married: 5
Father's name: Elknah Moulton
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's name: Melissa Moulton
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members:
Name Age
Elknah Moulton 77
Melissa Moulton 66
Ernest B Moulton 33
Alfgive C Moulton 27
Helen G Moulton 3

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

Unity, Waldo, Maine
Name: Ernest B Moulton
Age in 1910: 43
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1910: Unity, Waldo, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alfgive C Moulton
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's name: Melissa Moulton
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 15
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Household Members:
Name Age
Ernest B Moulton 43
Alfgive C Moulton 36
Gertrude H Moulton 12
Melissa Moulton 76

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 - 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

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.