Edwin BAGARD

Born

1 October 1846 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

29 November 1921 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 75

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Felix BAGARD

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Margaret DAVIS

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1846 Birth

Birth Source: MA Vital Records Vol: 22 ; Page: 40

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Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edwin Begard
Residence: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Age: 4 years
calculated Birth Year: 1846
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Race (Original):
race (expanded):
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Film Number: 14699
digital gs number: 4194635
Image Number: 00516
Line Number: 30
dwelling house number: 1132
family number: 1270
Marital Status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Felix Begard M 39y
Margaret Begard F 39y
Robert Begard M 15y
Ellen Begard F 13y
Julia A Begard F 9y
Mary Begard F 7y
Edwin Begard M 4y
Jane A Begard F 2y
Nichol Huillers M 27y
Mitchell Begard M 44y
Mary Begard F 31y
Mitchell Begard M 9y
Mary Begard F 3y
Emma Begard F 2m

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Edwin Bagard
Age: 18 years
estimated Birth Year: 1847
Gender: Male
Race:
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Residence: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
family number: 1822
Line Number: 22
Film Number: 0953967
Digital Folder Number: 4286754
Image Number: 00621
Household Gender Age
Felix Bagard M 54y
Margaret Bagard F 56y
Julia A Bagard F 24y
Mary Bagard F 22y
Edwin Bagard M 18y
Jane Bagard F 17y
Martha Bagard F 14y
Grace Bagard F 12y

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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 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Name: Edward Bogard
Age in 1870: 23
Birth Year: abt 1847
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 1504
Home in 1870: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Wool Sorter
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 400
Inferred Mother: Margaret Bogard
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Bogard 60
Edward Bogard 23
Julia Bogard 27
Jane Bogard 21
Martha Bogard 19
Grace Bogard 17

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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)

1880 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Margret BEGARD, Widowed, female, age 69, b. Wales, keeping house
Edwin BEGARD, single, male, age 33, b. MA, wool sorter
Martha BEGARD, single, female, age 28, b. MA, Weaver
Julia BROWN, married, female, age 39, b. MA, weaver

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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

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

1900 US Census living in Pittsfield in the home of John Watson.

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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

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 Death

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BAGARD, Edwin, Nov. 29, 1921, age 75 yrs. 1 mo. 27 dys. (71 Weller Av.)

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