Robert Francis BAGARD

(b. 13 February 1835 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 October 1904 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Robert Francis BAGARD was born 13 February 1835 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Francis BAGARD was the child of Felix BAGARD and Margaret DAVIS

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Robert Francis married Bridget POWERS 26 May 1872 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bridget POWERS was born abt. 1847 in Ireland. Bridget died 16 September 1910 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Bridget was the child of John POWERS and Jane UNKNOWN.

Robert Francis BAGARD died 22 October 1904 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Robert Francis BAGARD married

Bridget POWERS-- Date: 26 May 1872 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Bridget POWERS was the child of John POWERS and Jane UNKNOWN

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Robert Bagard
groom's birth date: 1839
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 33
bride's name: Bridget Powers
bride's birth date: 1847
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 25
marriage date: 26 May 1872
marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Felix Bagard
groom's mother's name: Margaret
bride's father's name: John
bride's mother's name: Jane
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indexing project (batch) number: I09661-6
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 234553
reference number: p 9

Children of Robert Francis BAGARD and Bridget POWERS:

Edward F BEGARD (b.7 November 1881, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 October 1919, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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1835 Birth
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Robert Francis Begard
gender: Male
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birth date: 13 Feb 1835
birthplace: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
death date:
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father's name: Felix Begard
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mother's name: Margaret
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indexing project (batch) number: C54109-2
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 234543
reference number:
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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

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
name: Robert Begard
residence: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
age: 15 years
calculated birth year: 1835
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Male
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film number: 14699
digital gs number: 4194635
image number: 00516
line number: 26
dwelling house number: 1132
family number: 1270
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Felix Begard M 39y
Margaret Begard F 39y
Robert Begard M 15y
Ellen Begard F 13y
Julia A Begard F 9y
Mary Begard F 7y
Edwin Begard M 4y
Jane A Begard F 2y
Nichol Huillers M 27y
Mitchell Begard M 44y
Mary Begard F 31y
Mitchell Begard M 9y
Mary Begard F 3y
Emma Begard F 2m

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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.

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

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

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 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Robert Francis BAGARD and Bridget POWERS 26 May 1872, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 37 years old.

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.

1881 Birth of Child
Edward F BEGARD was born 7 November 1881, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Robert Francis was 46 years old.

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 Death
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: Robert Begard
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 22 Oct 1904
event place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
residence: Pittsfield, Mass
street address: 89 John St.
gender: Male
age: 68 years
marital status: Married
occupation: Mill Hand
birth date:
birthplace: Pittsfield, Mass.
estimated birth year: 1836
burial date: 25 Oct 1904
burial place: Pittsfield, Mass.
cemetery: St. Joseph's Cemetery
father: Felix Begard
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additional relatives: X
frame number:
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 78 cn 206
film number: 2069837
digital folder number: 4292335
image number: 1834

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Robert is buried at: St Joseph's Cemetery

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Added: 12/15/2010 7:31:02 PM - Updated: 4/16/2022 12:44:49 AM