John A HEWITT

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January 1856 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

abt. 1942 , Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: January 1856 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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John A married Mary BROWN 29 January 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Mary BROWN was born September 1855 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

John A HEWITT died abt. 1942 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA.

son of William Hewitt and Mary ?

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John A HEWITT married

Mary BROWN
Marriage date: 29 January 1877
Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Mary Brown

Birth Year: abt 1855

Birth Place: St John New Brunswick

Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1877

Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage: 22

Father: Henry

Mother: Mary

Spouse: John Hewitt

Spouse Birth Place: Boston

Spouse Age at Marriage: 21

Spouse Father: William

Spouse Mother: Mary

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of John A HEWITT and Mary BROWN

William HEWITT

Born: 9 January 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 February 1958, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph HEWITT

Born: February 1879, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Edward Aloysius HEWITT

Born: 28 February 1888, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: Margaret V TOWER 23 February 1914 Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

James HEWITT

Born: February 1891, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1856
January 1856
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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)

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
John A HEWITT and Mary BROWN 29 January 1877, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

He was 21 years old.

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
William HEWITT was born 9 January 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

John A was 22 years old.

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

1879 Birth of Child
Joseph HEWITT was born February 1879, , Massachusetts, USA

John A was 23 years old.

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

1888 Birth of Child
Edward Aloysius HEWITT was born 28 February 1888, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

John A was 32 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

1891 Birth of Child
James HEWITT was born February 1891, , Massachusetts, USA

John A was 35 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

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 Chelsea, Massachusetts

Name: John A Hewitt
Age: 44
Birth Date: Jan 1856
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: Chelsea Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary A Hewitt
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
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Household Members:
Name Age
John A Hewitt 44
Mary A Hewitt 44
William H Hewitt 22
Joseph A Hewitt 21
Ann G Hewitt 17
Mary Hewitt 13
Edward Hewitt 12
Elizibeth Hewitt 11
James Hewitt 9
Emma Hewitt 7
Lawrence Hewitt 4
Rose M Hewitt 21

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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

1910 Everett, Massachusetts

Name: John A Hewitt
Age in 1910: 54
Birth Year: abt 1856
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Everett Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Bailey St
House Number: 18
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary A Hewitt
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's BirthPlace: Ireland
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Picture Framing
Industry: Picture Framer
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 33
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
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Household Members:
Name Age
John A Hewitt 54
Mary A Hewitt 55
Mary L Hewitt 24
Edward A Hewitt 22
Lillian E Hewitt 20
James A Hewitt 19
Emily R Hewitt 17
Lawrence F Hewitt 14

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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

1914 Marriage of Child
Edward Aloysius HEWITT married 23 February 1914, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* to Margaret V TOWER

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