Ernest Jason NEWTON

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3 July 1857 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

15 April 1930 , Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

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Jason NEWTON Fanny Maria NOURSE

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Born: 3 July 1857 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Jason NEWTON

Mother: Fanny Maria NOURSE

Paternal grandparents: Jason NEWTON , Abigail WOOD

Maternal grandparents: Enoch NOURSE , Experience PARKER

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Ernest Jason married Italia ALEXANDER 21 March 1883 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Italia ALEXANDER was born 10 May 1862 in Lee, Massachusetts, USA. Italia died 5 March 1901 in Lee, Massachusetts, USA. Italia was the child of Henry ALEXANDER and Clarissa BREAKENRIDGE.

Ernest Jason married (2) Jennie R SHREDE 20 August 1911 in Chatham, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jennie R SHREDE was born abt. 1857

Ernest Jason NEWTON died 15 April 1930 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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Ernest Jason NEWTON married

Italia ALEXANDER
Marriage date: 21 March 1883
Marriage place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Italia ALEXANDER was the child of Henry ALEXANDER and Clarissa BREAKENRIDGE

Marriage notes:

Name: Ernest J Newton

Event Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1858

Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1883

Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage Age: 25

Father Name: Jason

Mother Name: Fanny M Nourse

Spouse Name: Italia S Alexander

Spouse Marriage Age: 20

Spouse Father Name: Henry Alexander

Spouse Mother Name: Clarissa M Breckinridge

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Ernest Jason NEWTON and Italia ALEXANDER

Lula Italia NEWTON

Born: 8 August 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: David Louis Leonard WHITE March 28, 1911 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Ernest Jason NEWTON married

Jennie R SHREDE
Marriage date: 20 August 1911
Marriage place: Chatham, New York, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915

name: Ernest J Newton

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event: Marriage

event date: 20 Aug 1911

event place: Chatham, , New York

gender: Male

age: 54

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birth date: 1857

birthplace: Lansboro, , Massachusetts

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marriage registration place: Lee, , Massachusetts

estimated birth year: 1857

father: Jason Newton

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mother: Maria Nourse

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spouse: Jennie R Shrede

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spouse's father: H J Shrede

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spouse's mother: Sarah J Carty

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record number: 1561

film number: 2409903

digital folder number: 4329365

image number: 00638

number of images: 1

Children of Ernest Jason NEWTON and Jennie R SHREDE

William Jason NEWTON

Born: 2 June 1914, Lee, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 May 1986, Lee, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1857
3 July 1857
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Earnest J Newton
Residence: , Berkshire, Massachusetts
ward: Lanesboro
Age: 2 years
estimated Birth Year: 1858
birthPlace: Mass
Gender: Male
pAge: 6
family number: 50
Film Number: 803487
dgs number: 4231347
Image Number: 00011
nara number: M653

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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 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Earnest Newton
estimated Birth Year: 1857
Gender: Male
age in 1870: 13y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
Jason Newton M 43y
Fanny Newton F 41y
Earnest Newton M 13y
Edward Newton M 10y
Alice Newton F 8y

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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)

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.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Ernest Jason NEWTON and Italia ALEXANDER 21 March 1883, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 25 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Lula Italia NEWTON was born 8 August 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Ernest Jason was 27 years old.

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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Earnest J Newton
titles:
Residence: Lee town (north half), Berkshire, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Jul 1857
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Self
spouse Name: Italia S Newton
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: Massachusetts
father Name:
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father birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother Name:
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mother birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 18
estimated marriage year: 1882
mother how many children:
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Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0039
Sheet Number and Letter: 16A
Household ID: 359
reference number: 22
gsu Film Number: 1240632
Image Number: 00000276
Household Gender Age
Earnest J Newton M
spouse Italia S Newton F
child Lula I Newton F

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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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Italia ALEXANDER died 5 March 1901, Lee, 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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Earnist J Newton
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household:
Residence: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Widowed
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
family number: 432
page number: 20
Household Gender Age
Julius Gousett M 26y
Frank Gousett M 50y
Earnist J Newton M 53y

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1911 Marriage / Partner
Ernest Jason NEWTON and Jennie R SHREDE 20 August 1911, Chatham, New York, USA

He was 54 years old.

1911 marriage

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1911 Marriage of Child
Lula Italia NEWTON married March 28, 1911, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA to David Louis Leonard WHITE

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 Birth of Child
William Jason NEWTON was born 2 June 1914, Lee, Massachusetts, USA

Ernest Jason was 56 years old.

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 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Earnset Newton
Residence: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1858
Age: 62
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820680
Digital Folder Number: 4301046
Image Number: 00069
sheet number: 20
Household Gender Age
Earnset Newton M 62y
spouse Jennie Newton F 46y
child William H Newton M 5y
Joseph L Winters M 48y
William Hatt M 50y

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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

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)

Death — 1930
15 April 1930
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 72.