Arthur Thomas CROUGHWELL (CROCKWELL)

(b. 17 May 1874 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 March 1961 , Huntington, Massachusetts, USA )

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Arthur Thomas CROUGHWELL (CROCKWELL) was born 17 May 1874 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Arthur Thomas CROUGHWELL (CROCKWELL) was the child of George CROUGHAL (CROCKWELL) (CROUGHWELL) and Ann DEVLIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas CROUGHAL and Eliza SMYTH

Arthur Thomas CROUGHWELL (CROCKWELL) died 19 March 1961 in Huntington, Massachusetts, USA.

m. Mary Jane Goodrow

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Birth
Name: Arthur Thomas Crockwell
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 17 May 1874
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: George
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02201-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number: 1428165
Reference ID:

'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FZZ4-2CM : 10 February 2018), Arthur Thomas Crockwell, 17 May 1874; citing Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 1,428,165.
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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 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Arthur Crockwell
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 57
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: At School
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Note:
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 393
Sheet Number and Letter: 393D
Household ID: 4527455
Person Number: 9
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0522
GS Film Number: 1254522
Digital Folder Number: 005160783
Image Number: 00018

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Anna Crockwell Self F 43 Ireland
Eliza Crockwell Daughter F 25 Massachusetts, United States
Patrick Crockwell Son M 23 Massachusetts, United ...Read MORE...

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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

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.

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.

1905 - Canaan, New York
Name: Arthur Crockwell
Residence Place: Canaan, Columbia, New York
Age: 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Birthplace: United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Race: W
Gender: Male
Family Number:
Page:
Reference ID: 11
GS Film number: 0479105
Digital Folder Number: 4518276
Image Number: 00151

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Arthur Crockwell Head M 30y United States
Mary J Crockwell Wife F 26y United States
Clarence A Crockwell Son M 6y United States
Royal E Crockwell Son M 4y United States
1905 New York State Census
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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

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 - Chatham, New York
Name: Arthur T Crockwell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Chatham, Columbia, New York, United States
District: ED 8
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: New York
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 16
Sheet Number and Letter: 16A
Household ID: 72
Line Number: 37
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 1095
GS Film Number: 1821095
Digital Folder Number: 004966468
Image Number: 00493

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Arthur T Crockwell Head M 43 New York
Mary J Crockwell Wife F 40 Massachusetts
Clarence A Crockwell Son M 20 New York
Royal E...Read MORE...

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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)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 - Westfield, Massachusetts
Name: Arthur T Crockwell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 197
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1879
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 11
Sheet Number and Letter: 11B
Household ID: 232
Line Number: 99
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 907
GS Film Number: 2340642
Digital Folder Number: 004951088
Image Number: 00902

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Arthur T Crockwell Head M 51 Massachusetts
Mary J Crockwell Wife F 51 Massachusetts
Julius C Crockwell Son M 15 New York
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - Huntington, Massachusetts
Name: Arthur T Crockwell
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Huntington, Huntington Town, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 8-33
Family Number: 337
Sheet Number and Letter: 16A
Line Number: 23
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1599
Digital Folder Number: 005460871
Image Number: 00802

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Arthur T Crockwell Head M 65 Massachusetts
Mary J Crockwell Wife F 61 Massachusetts
Junius C Crockwell Son M 26 New York
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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)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

Arthur Thomas CROUGHWELL (CROCKWELL) - Grave

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Norwich Bridge Cemetery Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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1961 Death
19 March 1961
Huntington, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 86.

Arthur is buried at: Norwich Bridge Cemetery Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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