Willard Conrad CROUSS

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28 October 1871 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

10 June 1949 , Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

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Johann Georg "George John" KRAUSCH "CROUSS"Amalie Christiane "Augusta" VOGEL

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Born: 28 October 1871 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Johann Georg "George John" KRAUSCH "CROUSS"

Mother: Amalie Christiane "Augusta" VOGEL

Maternal grandparents: Henry VOGEL , Johanna Christine THEUNERT

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Willard Conrad married Edith Hannah BLAISDELL 31 January 1899 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Edith Hannah BLAISDELL was born 11 November 1874 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Edith Hannah died 7 December 1979 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Edith Hannah was the child of Horace D BLAISDELL and Sarah Ann SMITH.

Willard Conrad CROUSS died 10 June 1949 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .
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Edith Hannah BLAISDELL
Marriage date: 31 January 1899
Marriage place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Edith Hannah BLAISDELL was the child of Horace D BLAISDELL and Sarah Ann SMITH

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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

name: Willard C. Crouss

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event: Marriage

event date: 31 Jan 1899

event place: Springfield, Massachusetts

gender: Male

age: 27

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birthplace: Pittsfield

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estimated birth year: 1872

father: George

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mother: Augusta Vogel

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spouse: Edith H. Blaisdell

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spouse's father: Horace D.

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spouse's mother: Sarah A. Smith

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record number: 145

film number: 1843715

digital folder number: 4332419

image number: 00149

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Children of Willard Conrad CROUSS and Edith Hannah BLAISDELL

Anna Beatrice CROUSS

Born: 2 May 1900, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 28 May 1993, Cape Coral, Florida, USA

Married: Howard Walton POND June 1924 Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Willard Conrad CROUSS

Born: 15 June 1906, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 June 1906, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

Lucille Sarah CROUSS

Born: 12 November 1907, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 30 November 1988, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Wendell Morrison GOSSE 17 September 1928 Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

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1871 Birth
Crousse, male, born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Oct 28, 1871
father - George, laborer, born Germany
mother - Augusta Fogle, born Germany

Massachusetts, Town Clerk... Towns Records, 1579-2001BerkshirePittsfieldBirths 1871-1888 vol 3

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Born in Pittsfield
Willard C. Crouss was born in Pittsfield according to the death record of his son, Willard C. Crouss in Agawam in 1906. Willard's wife, Edith Blaisdell, was born in Agawam. According to Pittsfield birth records, Willard's parents were George Crousse and Augusta Vogel from Germany.

1872 Baptism
4 Aug 1872
Conrad Willard Krausch, son of Georg Krasuch and Amalie Auguste Vogel
born 28 Oct 1871

Witnesses: H. Vogel & frau

The German Evangelical Lutheran church - In 1859, when the Protestant German population of Pittsfield was about 400, arrangements were made by a portion of them for devine service in their own language. These services were first held in private houses, and with occasional visits by clergymen from New York. But in April, 1859, Rev. Augustus Grotrain, a learned and able minister of Albany, accepted a call, and organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsfield. The town subsequently granted a pleasant site in the corner of First street burial-ground, where the church was erected, at a cost of $2,274.00 and which was dedicated September 14, 1865. There present pastor is Rev. John D. Hagar.

Title Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885
Compiled by Hamilton Child
Publisher Printed at the Journal Office, 1885
Page 322
ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS, 1860-1923

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 Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Willard Crouss
residence: Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1872
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: George Crouss
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Augusta Crouss
mother's birthplace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 8 years
occupation: At School
nara film number: T9-0535
page: 350
page character: C
entry number: 280
film number: 1254535
Household Gender Age
parent George Crouss M 46
parent Augusta Crouss F 39
Herman Crouss M 17
Alvina Crouss F 15
Charles Crouss M 12
Ophelia Crouss F 10
Willard Crouss M 8
Anna Crouss F 6
Edith Crouss F 2

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

1896 Springfield, MA Directory
Crouss George H. & Co. (Geo. H. and Willard C. Crouss), mfrs and dealers tobacco and cigars and billiard and pool room 214 Main

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.

1899 Marriage / Partner
Willard Conrad CROUSS and Edith Hannah BLAISDELL 31 January 1899, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

He was 27 years old.

1899
Date: October 11, 1899
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

The W. J. Newcomb agency has sold for Willard C. Crouss a grocery store at ? Main street to R ? Bloom of West Springfield...

Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1899
Name: Willard C Crouss
Residence Year: 1899
Street Address: 33 Harrison av
Residence Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Publication Title: Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1899
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1900 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: William C Crouse
titles:
residence: Agawam Town, Hampden, Massachusetts
birth date: Oct 1871
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Self
spouse name: Edith H Crouse
spouse titles:
spouse birth place: Massachusetts
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: Germany
mother name:
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name:
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 1
estimated marriage year: 1899
mother how many children:
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immigration year:
enumeration district: 0502
sheet number and letter: 19A
household id: 344
reference number: 3
gsu film number: 1240649
image number: 00000488
Household Gender Age
William C Crouse M
spouse Edith H Crouse F
child Crouse F
Emma Billings F
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1900 Birth of Child
Anna Beatrice CROUSS was born 2 May 1900, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Willard Conrad was 28 years old.

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
Agawam. Carried off a Load of Melons
Date: September 16, 1904
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

Willard Crouss had a fine melon patch despoiled a few nights since by someone who had the audacity to drive on the lot and load up...

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 Birth of Child
Willard Conrad CROUSS was born 15 June 1906, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Willard Conrad was 34 years old.

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)

1907 Birth of Child
Lucille Sarah CROUSS was born 12 November 1907, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Willard Conrad was 36 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Agawam, Massachusetts
Living here in 1908 as indicated by his brother's obituary

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Mill Street - Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Henry Feige is living as a hired farm hand at the age of 50 at the Willard Crouss home on Mill Street in Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts. Henry is widowed.
Crouss, Willard C., head, age 38, b. MA, parents b. Germany, dairy farmer
Crouss, Edith H, wife, age 35, b. MA, parents b. VT
Crouss, Anna B., daughter, age 9, b. MA
Crouss, Lucile S., daughter, age 1 5/ 12, b. MA

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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 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: William C Crouss
residence: Precinct C Town Of Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1872
age: 48
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820699
digital folder number: 4301096
image number: 00109
sheet number: 16
Household Gender Age
William C Crouss M 48y
spouse Edith H Crouss F 45y
child Anna B Crouss F 19y
child Lucres S Crouss F 12y

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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

1924 Marriage of Child
Anna Beatrice CROUSS married June 1924, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills) to Howard Walton POND

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

Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1928
Name: Willard C Crouss
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1928
Street Address: Mill P O Agawam 4
Residence Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse:
Edith H Crouss
Publication Title: Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1928
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1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1928 Marriage of Child
Lucille Sarah CROUSS married 17 September 1928, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills) to Wendell Morrison GOSSE

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 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Willard C Crouss
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 58
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1872
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Germany
enumeration district number: 97
family number: 420
sheet number and letter: 20B
line number: 72
nara publication: T626, roll 905
film number: 2340640
digital folder number: 4607002
image number: 00048
Household Gender Age
Willard C Crouss M 58
spouse Edith B Crouss F 55
Sarah Blaisdell F 83
William J Edger M 70

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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)

Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1938
Name: Willard C Crouss
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1938
Street Address: 231 Mill PO Agawam
Residence Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse:
Edith H Crouss
Publication Title: Springfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1938
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1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: Willard C Crouss
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Street: Mill Street
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 11B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 229
Household Members:
Name Age
Willard C Crouss 68
Edith B Crouss 65

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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)

Death
Name: Willard C Crouss
Death Date: 1949
Death Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 1
Page Number: 282
Index Volume Number: 107
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.107

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Obituary
Date: June 11, 1949
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Union

'Willard C. Crouss, 77, of 231 Mill St., Agawam, died Friday morning at his home. He was born in Pittsfield Oct 28, 1871, the son of George and Augusta (Vogel) Crouss and had lived in Agawam for the past 68 years. Mr. Crouss was a member of Agawam Congregational Church. He was formerly a director of the West Springfield Trust Co., having been appointed at the time the bank was organized. He leaves his wife , Edith (Blaisdell) Crouss; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Gosse and Mrs. Howard W. Pond of Agawam; three grandchildren; a brother, Charles T. Crouss of Agawam; a sister, Mrs. George Edwards of Pittsfield and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at the Dickinson-Streeter parlors, Monday afternoon at 2, with an organ prelude at 1:30. Rev. Dr. Fred G. Bratton, pastor of Agawam Congregational Church, will officiate and burial will be in Center Cemetery, Agawam.'

Date: June 14, 1949
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