James Gilbertson HODGSON

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8 August 1866 , Auburn, New York, USA

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12 October 1894 , Springport, New York, USA

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Born: 8 August 1866 in Auburn, New York, USA

Father: Thomas HODGSON

Mother: Hannah GILBERTSON

Paternal grandparents: Thomas HODGSON , Mary UNKNOWN

James Gilbertson HODGSON died 12 October 1894 in Springport, New York, USA .
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Birth — 1866
8 August 1866
Auburn, New York, 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

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: James G Hodgson
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Family Number: 204
Page: 22
Line Number: 15
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: James G. Hodgson
residence: Auburn, Cayuga, New York
birthdate: 1867
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): 13 years
occupation: Clerck In Store
nara film number: T9-0813
page: 231
page character: C
entry number: 3321
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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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The Auburn Bulletin, Auburn, New York, Saturday, October 13, 1894 -- 'The funeral of James G. Hodgson, who was found dead in an outhouse on the Davis farm near Union Springs, yesterday morning, will be held from the home of his mother, No. 26 Mary street, tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.'