Ambrose RICHFORD

(b. 26 May 1874 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1928 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Ambrose RICHFORD was born 26 May 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Ambrose RICHFORD was the child of Ambrose RICHFORD (ROCHEFORT) and Josephine GAGNON (GAGNE) (GONYA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis (Ambrose) LAFONTAINE RICHFORD and Angeline LAMITIE (GOUYER) ? (maternal) Edouard GAGNON (GAGNE) and Marie GERMAIN

Ambrose RICHFORD died abt. 1928 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth
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Event Date: 26 May 1874
Event Place: Worcester, , Massachusetts, United States
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GS Film Number: 1428166
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Digital Folder Number: 004341191
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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 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Ambrose Richford
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
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Relationship to Head of Household: Son
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 488
Person Number: 2
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Ambrose Richford Self Male 25 New York, United States
Josephine Richford Wife Female 30 Canada
Ambrose Richford Son Male 5 Massachusetts, United States
Josephine Richford Daughter Female 4 Massachusetts, United States
Eward Richford Son Male 2 Massachusetts, United States
Edmond Richford Son Male 0 Massachusetts, United States
Mary Logan Other Female 25 Ohio, United States
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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 Marriage
Name: Ambrose Richford, Jr.
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Event Date: 14 Jul 1902
Event Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouse's Name: Victoria Dumas
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Spouse's Age: 25
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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

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 - 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

Death
Name: Ambrose Richford
Death Date: 1928
Death Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 84
Page Number: 134
Index Volume Number: 86
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.86

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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