Caroline KRAUSE

(b. January 1854 , Connecticut, USA d. 4 May 1920 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA )

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Caroline KRAUSE was born January 1854 in Connecticut, USA

Caroline KRAUSE was the child of Daniel KRAUSE and Teresa HEISS

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Caroline married William ROBERTSON abt. 1873 . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
William ROBERTSON was born March 1854 in Scotland (United Kingdom).

Caroline KRAUSE died 4 May 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Caroline KRAUSE married

William ROBERTSON-- Date: abt. 1873 Place:

Children of William ROBERTSON and Caroline KRAUSE:

William ROBERTSON (b.November 1874, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Minnie ROBERTSON (b.September 1877, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Mabel ROBERTSON (b.9 March 1883, , Massachusetts, USA d. 8 November 1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

Theressa ROBERTSON (b.July 1884, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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1854 Birth
January 1854
Connecticut, USA

1855 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
name: Caroline Crouse
age: 1
estimated birth year: 1854
gender: Female
race:
birthplace: Connecticut
residence: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
family number: 33
line number: 1
film number: 000953974
digital folder number: 004279388
image number: 00287
Household Gender Age
Nathaniel Crouse M 29
Theresa Crouse F 34
Mary Crouse F 5
Celia Crouse F 3
Caroline Crouse F 1

1855 Massachusetts Census
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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

1860 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Daniel Grouse 35, b. Wurttemberg
Theresa Grouse 40, b. Baden
Mary Grouse 9, b. MA
Celia Grouse 7, b. CT
Caroline Grouse 6, b. CT
Ferdinand Grouse 2, b. MA
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1865 Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
name: Caroline Kraus
age: 11 years
estimated birth year: 1854
gender: Female
race:
birthplace: Connecticut
marital status: Single
residence: Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
family number: 39
line number: 29
film number: 0954566
digital folder number: 4286774
image number: 00165
Household Gender Age
Daniel Kraus M 40y
Therissa Kraus F 46y
Mary Kraus F 15y
Celia Kraus F 13y
Caroline Kraus F 11y
Ferdinand Kraus M 7y

1865 Massachusetts Census
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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.

1874 Birth of Child
William ROBERTSON was born November 1874, , Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 20 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 Birth of Child
Minnie ROBERTSON was born September 1877, , Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 23 years old.

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.

1883 Birth of Child
Mabel ROBERTSON was born 9 March 1883, , Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 29 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Theressa ROBERTSON was born July 1884, , Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 30 years old.

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.

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

1910 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
name: Carrie Robertson
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Philadelphia Ward 23, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Germany
family number: 120
page number: 6
Household Gender Age
spouse William Robertson M 56y
Carrie Robertson F 52y
child Minnie Robertson F 32y
child Mabel Summerfield F 26y
child Theresa Summerfield F 25y
John Summerfield M 30y
Ferdinand Kraus M 52y

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