Thomas HODGSON

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4 August 1864 , Auburn, New York, USA

Died

11 November 1943 , Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Age: 80

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Born: 4 August 1864 in Auburn, New York, USA

Father: Thomas HODGSON

Mother: Hannah GILBERTSON

Paternal grandparents: Thomas HODGSON , Mary UNKNOWN

Thomas HODGSON died 11 November 1943 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
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Birth — 1864
4 August 1864
Auburn, New York, USA

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.

1875 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: Thomas Hodgson
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Family Number: 204
Page: 22
Line Number: 14
GS Film number: 853206
Digital Folder Number: 004858094
Image Number: 00121
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Hodgson M 37
Wife Hannah Hodgson F 37
Son Joseph Hodgson M 12
Son Thomas Hodgson M 10
Son James G Hodgson M 8
Son Edward W Hodgson M 2
1875 New York State Census
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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 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
name: Thomas Hodgson
residence: Auburn, Cayuga, New York
birthdate: 1864
birthplace: New York, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Thomas Hodgson
father's birthplace: England
mother's name: Hannah Hodgson
mother's birthplace: England
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 16 years
occupation: Works In Machine Shop
nara film number: T9-0813
page: 231
page character: C
entry number: 3320
film number: 1254813
Household Gender Age
parent Thomas Hodgson M 42
parent Hannah Hodgson F 42
Joseph Hodgson M 17
Thomas Hodgson M 16
James G. Hodgson M 13
Edward W. Hodgson M 7

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

1892 Auburn, Ward 02, E.D. 02, Cayuga, New York
Hannah Hodgson, f, 44, b. England, US Citizen
Thomas Hodgson, Jr., m, 28, b. U.S., US Citizen, Conductor
Edward W Hodgson, m. 18, b. U.S., US Citizen, Shoemaker
Alfred R Hodgson, m, 10, b. U.S., US Citizen
1892 New York State Census
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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 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
name: Thomas Hodgson
titles:
residence: Auburn city, Cayuga, New York
birth date: Aug 1864
birthplace: New York
relationship to head-of-household: Son
spouse name:
spouse titles:
spouse birth place:
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: England
mother name: Hannah Hodgson
mother titles:
mother birthplace: England
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Hannah Hodgson
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0004
sheet number and letter: 6A
household id: 138
reference number: 46
gsu film number: 1241012
image number: 00138
Household Gender Age
parent Hannah Hodgson F
Thomas Hodgson M
Edward W Hodgson M
Alfred R Hodgson M
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 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
name: Thomas Hodgson
birthplace: New York
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Auburn Ward 2, Cayuga, New York
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: England
family number: 230
page number: 19
Household Gender Age
parent Hanna Hodgson F 72y
Thomas Hodgson M 46y
Edward Hodgson M 36y
Mary E Hodgson F 34y
Alfred R Hodgson M 28y
Mary J Hodgson F 28y
Helen L Hodgson F 3y

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)

1930 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York
name: Thomas Hodghson
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York
gender: Male
age: 66
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: New York
estimated birth year: 1864
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Roomer
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: England
enumeration district number: 55
family number: 448
sheet number and letter: 9A
line number: 29
nara publication: T626, roll 1420
film number: 2341155
digital folder number: 4661090
image number: 00804
Household Gender Age
Mary A Ostrander F 70
Thomas Hodghson M 66
Mark F Morris M 71

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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