Robert J STEWART

(b. 15 September 1863 , Maine, USA d. 9 April 1941 , Lewiston, Maine, USA )

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Robert J STEWART was born 15 September 1863 in Maine, USA

Robert J STEWART was the child of Robert J STEWART and Jane HOLLAND

Robert J STEWART died 9 April 1941 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

married (1) Mary Ann Robinson (1865-1907), (2) Lillian Stewart

owned a fish market in Lewiston

Burial information:
Robert Stewart 1865-1941
Mary Ann Robinson his wife 1865-1907
Elizabeth 1898-1901
Margaret 1891-1904?
Robert Jr 1896-1958?
Rose 1902-1972
Agnes S McLeod 1906-1989?

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1863 Birth
15 September 1863
Maine, USA

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.

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Robert Stewart
residence: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
birthdate: 1863
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Robert Stewart
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's name: Jane Stewart
mother's birthplace: England
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 17 years
occupation: Works In Cotton Mill
nara film number: T9-0475
page: 342
page character: B
entry number: 999
film number: 1254475
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Robert Stewart M 47 Scotland
wife Jane Stewart F 46 England
dau Nancy Stewart F 19 Maine, United States
son Robert Stewart M 17 Maine, United States
son Samuel Stewart M 10 Maine, United States
son Joseph Stewart M 8 Maine, United States
dau Belle Stewart F 4 Maine, United States
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 - 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 - fish dealer
Fish dealer on Lisbon st in Lewiston in 1899, home on Sabattus road

The Lewiston Daily Sun - Aug 21, 1899

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Robert Stewart
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Lewiston Ward 7, Androscoggin, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: England
occupation: fish dealer
family number: 424
page number: 22
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Robert Stewart M 44y Maine
wife Mary Ann Stewart F 44y Massachusetts
dau Jennie Stewart F 18y Maine
son James H Stewart M 16y Maine
son Robert Stewart M 13y Maine
dau Agnes Stewart F 4y Maine
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Robert Stewart
residence: Sabattus street, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1865
age: 55
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's birthplace: Scotland
occupation: fish dealer
film number: 1820637
digital folder number: 4300992
image number: 01090
sheet number: 19
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Robert Stewart M 55y Maine
wife Lillian Stewart F 47y Maine
dau Agnes Stewart F 14y Maine

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Robert Stuard
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Male
age: 64
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1866
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0038
family number: 252
sheet number and letter: 13A
line number: 34
nara publication: T626, roll 828
film number: 2340563
digital folder number: 4584728
image number: 00188
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Robert Stuard M 64 Maine
wife Linien Stuard F 58 Maine
boarder Robert O'Leary M 40 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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Robert Stewart
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 7, Lewiston, Lewiston City, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 75
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1865
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 1-60
family number: 243
sheet number and letter: 61A
line number: 25
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1470
digital folder number: 005462014
image number: 00632
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Robert Stewart M 75 Maine
wife Lillian Stewart F 68 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