Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS

(b. March 1877 , Boothbay, Maine, USA d. 11 June 1964 , Brunswick, Maine, USA )

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Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS was born March 1877 in Boothbay, Maine, USA

Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS was the child of Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS and Willietta "Etta" FOWLES and the grandchild of: (paternal) John WILLIAMS and Harriet HUFF (maternal) Wilmot FOWLES and Phebe Royal TYLER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Alvin Palmer married Louisa J WHITTEN 16 October 1913 in Maine, USA . Louisa J WHITTEN was born abt. 1877

Alvin Palmer married (2) Effie Estelle JEWELL 8 April 1919 in Bath, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Effie Estelle JEWELL was born 24 March 1899 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Effie Estelle died 26 September 1955 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam). Effie Estelle was the child of Charles H JEWELL and Effie E M KESSLER.

Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS died 11 June 1964 in Brunswick, Maine, USA.

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Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS married

Louisa J WHITTEN-- Date: 16 October 1913 Place: , Maine, USA
Name of Groom: Alvin P. WILLIAMS
Groom's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Name of Bride: Louisa J. WHITTEN
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Louisa J. MORRIS [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Marriage Date: Thursday, 16 Oct. 1913
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 5 Jun 2012), entry for Alvin P. WILLIAMS and Louisa J. WHITTEN, Thursday, 16 Oct. 1913, citing Maine Vital Records.

Children of Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS and Louisa J WHITTEN:

Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS married

Effie Estelle JEWELL-- Date: 8 April 1919 Place: Bath, Maine, USA
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Effie Estelle JEWELL was the child of Charles H JEWELL and Effie E M KESSLER

Name of Groom: Albion P. WILLIAMS
Groom's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Name of Bride: Effie E. MCDONALD
Bride's Place of Residence: Everett, Mass.
Marriage Date: Tuesday, 8 Apr. 1919
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 5 Jun 2012), entry for Albion P. WILLIAMS and Effie E. MCDONALD, Tuesday, 8 Apr. 1919, citing Maine Vital Records.

Name: Albion P Williams
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Birth Date: abt 1878
Spouse: Effie E McDonald
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 21
Marriage Date: 8 Apr 1919
Marriage Place: Bath
Registration Place: Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
Father: Alvin J
Mother: Willetta
Spouse Father: Charles H
Spouse Mother: Effie E

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Children of Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS and Effie Estelle JEWELL:

Laura E WILLIAMS (b.abt. 1920, , Maine, USA d. , )

Alvin P WILLIAMS (b.18 May 1921, , Maine, USA d. 24 May 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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1877 Birth
Name: Alvin P Williams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Mar 1877
Birth Place: Boothbay
Registration Place: Boothbay, Lincoln
Father: Alvin J Williams
Mother: Willietta

Ancestry.com. Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
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Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS - Name: Alvin P Williams Gender: Male Birth Date: Mar 1877 Birth Place: Boothbay Registration Place: Boothbay, Lincoln Father: Alvin J Williams Mo

Name: Alvin P Williams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Mar 1877
Birth Place: Boothbay
Registration Place: Boothbay, Lincoln
Father: Alvin J Williams
Mother: Willietta

Ancestry.com. Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

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1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
name: Albion P. Williams
residence: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
birthdate: 1876
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Albion Williams
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Willietta Williams
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 4 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0483
page: 387
page character: B
entry number: 2371
film number: 1254483
Household Gender Age
parent Albion Williams M 28
parent Willietta Williams F 23
James F. Williams M 7
Rosa E. Williams F 5
Albion P. Williams M 4
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 - Boothbay Harbor, Maine
1898 - Boothbay Harbor, Maine
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE, For the Year Ending Feb. 17th, 1898

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Williams Alvin P. amt. tax - 3.00

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS and Louisa J WHITTEN 16 October 1913, , Maine, USA

He was 36 years old.

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

1917 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Alvin Palmer Williams
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 09 May 1874
birthplace: , , United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1654017
digital folder number: 005207068
image number: 00750
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 Marriage / Partner
Alvin Palmer WILLIAMS and Effie Estelle JEWELL 8 April 1919, Bath, Maine, USA

He was 42 years old.

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 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Alvin P Williams
residence: , Sagadahoc, Maine
estimated birth year: 1874
age: 46
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820649
digital folder number: 4301004
image number: 00060
sheet number: 21
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Alvin P Williams M 46y Maine
wife Effie E Williams F 21y Massachusetts
dau Lanisle A Williams F 10y Massachusetts
dau June E Williams F 4y Massachusetts
dau Laura E Williams F 2m Maine
Walter H Jewell M 22y Massachusetts

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 Birth of Child
Alvin P WILLIAMS was born 18 May 1921, , Maine, USA

Alvin Palmer was 44 years old.

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 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
name: Alvin P Williams
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 56
marital status: Married
race: Indian
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1874
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0045
family number: 218
sheet number and letter: 11A
line number: 14
nara publication: T626, roll 896
film number: 2340631
digital folder number: 4606993
image number: 00346
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Alvin P Williams M 56 Maine
wife Effie E Williams F 31 Massachusetts
daughter Jane E Williams F 14 Massachusetts
daughter Lora E Williams F 10 Maine
son Alvin P Williams M 8 Maine
son Charles H Williams M 5 Maine
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Alvin Williams
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 6, Bath, Bath City, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 66
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Lodger
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1874
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 12-13
family number: 187
sheet number and letter: 8B
line number: 62
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1490
digital folder number: 005462034
image number: 00251
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Ludie C Fifeld F 45 Canada
son Nimard M Fifeld M 18 Maine
daughter Isabelle M Fifeld F 9 Maine
lodger Charles H Stump M 55 Kentucky
lodger Alvin Williams M 66 Maine
lodger Nina Smith F 54 Maine
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.

1955 Death of Spouse/Partner
Effie Estelle JEWELL died 26 September 1955, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

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Names Start Date Location RecordType Age Death Cert No. Place
ALVIN P WILLIAMS Jun 11, 1964 Brunswick, Maine, United States Death 91 6404556 BRUNSWICK

Maine Deaths Index, 1960-1996

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1964 Death
11 June 1964
Brunswick, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 87.

Added: 4/27/2012 11:52:00 AM - Updated: 7/11/2025 4:27:51 PM