Frank E BLESSING

Born

4 September 1891 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

7 June 1904 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Cause of Death: Drowned while swimming in pond in Meriden, CT

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Parents of Frank E BLESSING

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Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" BLESSING

Mother

Sarah LAAGER

Grandparents of Frank E BLESSING

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Friedrich Christoph BLESSING (BLEßING) Caroline Henrietta THEUNERT

Maternal grandparents

Balthaser (Baltzer) LAAGER Catherine UNKNOWN

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1891

Name: Francis Blessing
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 04 Sep 1891
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Race: W
Father's Name: Blessing
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Mother's Name: Sallie
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Reference ID: bk 1891 p 134
GS Film Number: 1289330
Digital Folder Number: 004198965
Image Number: 00649

'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ V1MZ-7CB : accessed 08 Jun 2013), Francis Blessing, 1891.

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Birth — 1891
4 September 1891
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut

Name: Frank E Blessing
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Residence: Meriden township (east side, excl. Meriden city), New Haven, Connecticut
Birth Date: Sep 1891
BirthPlace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Son
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Father Name: Henry W Blessing
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Father BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother Name: Sarah Blessing
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Mother BirthPlace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Henry W Blessing
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
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Enumeration District: 0315
Sheet Number and Letter: 9A
Household ID: 176
Reference Number: 47
GSU Film Number: 1240143
Image Number: 00273
Collection: United States Census, 1900

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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)

Death

FRANK BLESSING 1904-06-07 MERIDEN

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