Jason NEWTON

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26 February 1827 , Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Died

25 September 1907 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 80

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Jason NEWTON Abigail WOOD

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Born: 26 February 1827 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Jason NEWTON

Mother: Abigail WOOD

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Jason married Fanny Maria NOURSE 9 December 1846 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Fanny Maria NOURSE was born 30 September 1828 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire). Fanny Maria died 22 March 1895 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire). Fanny Maria was the child of Enoch NOURSE and Experience PARKER.

Jason NEWTON died 25 September 1907 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Fanny Maria NOURSE
Marriage date: 9 December 1846
Marriage place: Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
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Fanny Maria NOURSE was the child of Enoch NOURSE and Experience PARKER

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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

groom's name: Jason Newton

groom's birth date: 1827

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groom's age: 19

bride's name: Fanny Nurse

bride's birth date: 1828

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 18

marriage date: 09 Dec 1846

marriage place: Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

groom's father's name: James Newton

groom's mother's name: Abegail

bride's father's name: Enoch Nurse

bride's mother's name: Experience

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groom's marital status: Single

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bride's marital status: Single

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indexing project (batch) number: M74533-5

system origin: Massachusetts-EASy

source film number: 250291

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Children of Jason NEWTON and Fanny Maria NOURSE

Willie P NEWTON

Born: 4 March 1856, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 23 March 1856, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Ernest Jason NEWTON

Born: 3 July 1857, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 April 1930, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Italia ALEXANDER 21 March 1883 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Jennie R SHREDE 20 August 1911 Place: Chatham, New York, USA

Edward Alonso NEWTON

Born: 22 August 1859, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 28 May 1926, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Alice Lula NEWTON

Born: 28 July 1861, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth — 1827
26 February 1827
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Marriage / Partner
Jason NEWTON and Fanny Maria NOURSE 9 December 1846, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

He was 19 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Jason Newton
Residence: Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Age: 23 years
calculated Birth Year: 1827
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Gender: Male
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Film Number: 14699
digital gs number: 4194635
Image Number: 00258
Line Number: 23
dwelling house number: 173
family number: 194
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Household Gender Age
Jason Newton M 23y
Fanny M Newton F 21y
Edward Pettit M 26y

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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Jason Newton Junior
Age: 28
estimated Birth Year: 1827
Gender: Male
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birthPlace: Massachusetts
Residence: Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts
family number: 40
Line Number: 13
Film Number: 000953974
Digital Folder Number: 004279388
Image Number: 00269
Household Gender Age
Jason Newton Junior M 28
Fanny M Newton F 27

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1855 Massachusetts Census
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1856 Birth of Child
Willie P NEWTON was born 4 March 1856, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

Jason was 29 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Ernest Jason NEWTON was born 3 July 1857, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Jason was 30 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Edward Alonso NEWTON was born 22 August 1859, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

Jason was 32 years old.

1860 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Name: Jason Newton
Residence: , Berkshire, Massachusetts
ward: Lanesboro
Age: 33 years
estimated Birth Year: 1827
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

1861 Birth of Child
Alice Lula NEWTON was born 28 July 1861, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

Jason was 34 years old.

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: Jason Newton
estimated Birth Year: 1827
Gender: Male
age in 1870: 43y
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 of Child
Ernest Jason NEWTON married 21 March 1883, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA to Italia ALEXANDER

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

1895 Death of Spouse/Partner
Fanny Maria NOURSE died 22 March 1895, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

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

Name: Jason Newton
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Residence: Pittsfield city, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Birth Date: Feb 1827
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Father-in-law
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mother birthPlace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: George C Fish
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
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enumeration District: 0067
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Household ID: 26
reference number: 13
gsu Film Number: 1240633
Image Number: 00000045
Household Gender Age
George C Fish M
child Alice L Fish F
Harry J Fish M
Mable A Fish F
Walter A Fish M
Jason Newton M

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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 Death

Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
Name: Jason Newton
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event: Death
Event Date: 25 Sep 1907
Event Place: Pittsfield,,Massachusetts
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Gender: Male
Age: 80
Marital Status: Widowed
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Birth Date: 1827
birthPlace: Lanesboro, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1827
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father: Jason Newton
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mother: Abigail Wood
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volume/ page/ certificate number: 423
Film Number: 2217349
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Digital Folder Number: 4282855
Image Number: 01986

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