Martin Walter ROLLINS

(b. November 1864 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1954 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Martin Walter ROLLINS was born November 1864 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter ROLLINS was the child of Charles R ROLLINS and Emily Rosabell MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jesse ROLLINS and Lucy A HEATH (maternal) Benjamin MARTIN and Mary HARRIMAN

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Martin Walter married Gertrude SMITH 5 December 1884 in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Gertrude SMITH was born abt. 1868

Martin Walter married (2) Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE 30 March 1898 in Gardner, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE was born February 1866 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Mildred "Millie" Lizzie died 18 December 1940 in Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport). Mildred "Millie" Lizzie was the child of Jacob JESSE (JASSEY) and Dorytha Loretta Cavannet KEMITZ (KEMINTZ).

Martin Walter ROLLINS died abt. 1954 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Martin Walter ROLLINS married

Gertrude SMITH-- Date: 5 December 1884 Place: Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Martin W. Rollins
groom's birth date: 1864
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 20
bride's name: Gertie Smith
bride's birth date: 1868
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 16
marriage date: 05 Dec 1884
marriage place:
groom's father's name: Chas. Rollins
groom's mother's name: Emily R. Martin Rollins
bride's father's name: Chas. H. Smith
bride's mother's name: Laura Bostwick Smith
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
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indexing project (batch) number: I01355-2
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 2230555
reference number: 13

Children of Martin Walter ROLLINS and Gertrude SMITH:

Albert Martin ROLLINS (b.20 March 1887, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 February 1907, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA )

Gertrude May ROLLINS (b.abt. 1890, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 November 1904, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)

Martin Walter ROLLINS married

Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE-- Date: 30 March 1898 Place: Gardner, Massachusetts, USA
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Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE was the child of Jacob JESSE (JASSEY) and Dorytha Loretta Cavannet KEMITZ (KEMINTZ)

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Groom's Name Martin W. Rollins
Groom's Birth Date 1864
Groom's Birthplace
Groom's Age 34
Bride's Name Millie Jessie Smith
Bride's Birth Date 1869
Bride's Birthplace
Bride's Age 29
Marriage Date 30 Mar 1898
Marriage Place Gardner, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name Charles Rollins
Groom's Mother's Name Emily Martin
Bride's Father's Name Jacob Jessie
Bride's Mother's Name Dorthea Kemnitz
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Groom's Marital Status
Groom's Previous Wife's Name
Bride's Race
Bride's Marital Status
Bride's Previous Husband's Name
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M02742-5
System Origin Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number 1843709
Reference Number p 426 cn 21

Children of Martin Walter ROLLINS and Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE:

May Agnes ROLLINS (b.8 May 1897, , Massachusetts, USA d. 20 October 1981, Rutland, Vermont, USA)

Walter Jessie ROLLINS (b.20 June 1899, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 September 1929, Ray Brook, Essex, New York, USA)
m. Elsie Louise WEST 3 June 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Dorothy Mildred ROLLINS (b.29 October 1901, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 August 1993, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
m. Wendell Herbert WALTON 24 November 1921 in Templeton, Massachusetts, USA (Baldwinville) (East Templeton) (Otter River)

Ralph Charles ROLLINS (b.18 July 1905, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1906, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)

Evelyn ROLLINS (b.21 February 1908, Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1920, )

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1864 Birth
November 1864
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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)

1880 Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Martin W. Rollins
residence: Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1865
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's name: Emma Rollins
mother's birthplace: Vermont, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 15 years
occupation: Works On Farm
nara film number: T9-0563
page: 280
page character: A
entry number: 38
film number: 1254563
Household Gender Age
parent Emma Rollins F 45
Mary N. Rollins F 17
Martin W. Rollins M 15
Wylie R. Rollins M 7
E. Roxa May F 20
Martin Burt M 70

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1884 Marriage / Partner
Martin Walter ROLLINS and Gertrude SMITH 5 December 1884, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA (Williamsville)

He was 20 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Albert Martin ROLLINS was born 20 March 1887, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA (Williamsville)

Martin Walter was 22 years old.

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

1897 Birth of Child
May Agnes ROLLINS was born 8 May 1897, , Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter was 32 years old.

1898 Marriage / Partner
Martin Walter ROLLINS and Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE 30 March 1898, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

He was 33 years old.

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.

1899 Birth of Child
Walter Jessie ROLLINS was born 20 June 1899, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA (Williamsville)

Martin Walter was 34 years old.

1900 Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Martin W Rollins
titles:
residence: Hubbardston Town, Worcester, Massachusetts
birth date: Nov 1864
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Self
spouse name: Millie L Rollins
spouse titles:
spouse birth place: Germany
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: Massachusetts
mother name:
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Vermont
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name:
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 7
estimated marriage year: 1893
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 1639
sheet number and letter: 9A
household id: 223
reference number: 13
gsu film number: 1240692
image number: 00689
Household Gender Age
Martin W Rollins M
spouse Millie L Rollins F
child May Rollins F
child Walter J Rollins M
child Gertrude Rollins F
Marvin Beardsley M

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1901 Birth of Child
Dorothy Mildred ROLLINS was born 29 October 1901, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter was 37 years old.

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.

1904 Death of Child
Gertrude May ROLLINS died 10 November 1904, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter was 40 years old.

1905 Birth of Child
Ralph Charles ROLLINS was born 18 July 1905, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter was 40 years old.

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)

1907 Death of Child
Albert Martin ROLLINS died 28 February 1907, Hubbardston, Massachusetts, USA (Williamsville)

Martin Walter was 42 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Birth of Child
Evelyn ROLLINS was born 21 February 1908, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Walter was 43 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Martin W Rollins
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: Vermont
family number: 66
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
Martin W Rollins M 44y
spouse Millie Rollins F 44y
child Mary A Rollins F 15y
child Walter J Rollins M 10y
child Dorothy Rollins F 8y
child Evelyn Rollins F 2y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Martin W Rollins
residence: Leominster Ward 5, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1866
age: 54
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820747
digital folder number: 4311572
image number: 00364
sheet number: 9
Household Gender Age
Martin W Rollins M 54y
spouse Mildred L Rollins F 53y
child Walter J Rollins M 20y
child Evelyn I Rollins F 11y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1921 Marriage of Child
Dorothy Mildred ROLLINS married 24 November 1921, Templeton, Massachusetts, USA (Baldwinville) (East Templeton) (Otter River) to Wendell Herbert WALTON

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

1927 Marriage of Child
Walter Jessie ROLLINS married 3 June 1927, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island) to Elsie Louise WEST

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 Death of Child
Walter Jessie ROLLINS died 12 September 1929, Ray Brook, Essex, New York, USA

Martin Walter was 64 years old.

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)

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 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1940 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mildred "Millie" Lizzie JESSE died 18 December 1940, Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport)

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.

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