Charles Oren ORCUTT

(b. 8 August 1881 , Rockland, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 March 1954 , Hingham, Massachusetts, USA )

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Charles Oren ORCUTT was born 8 August 1881 in Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Oren ORCUTT was the child of Charles Jones ORCUTT and Sarah Ruthena BEAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Orrin (Oran) ORCUTT and Mary Josselyn JONES

Charles Oren ORCUTT died 31 March 1954 in Hingham, Massachusetts, USA.

Spouse:
Lesa Dale (1878 - 1962)

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1881 Birth
8 August 1881
Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

1881
name: Charles Oren Orcutt
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 08 Aug 1881
birthplace: Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Charles J. Orcutt
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Sarah R. Beal
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I01250-1
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 2080575
reference number: 62

'Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4PV-NJT : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Sarah R. Beal in entry for Charles Oren Orcutt, 08 Aug 1881; citing reference 62, FHL microfilm 2080575.
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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.

1900 Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Charles O Orcutt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 1146 Rockland town (south part), Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
birth date: Aug 1881
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 29
sheet letter: A
family number: 615
reference number: 49
film number: 1240675
digital folder number: 004114441
image number: 00319
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Charles Orcutt M 46 Massachusetts
wife Sarah R Orcutt F 46 Massachusetts
son Benjamin W Orcutt M 23 Massachusetts
daughter Alice M Orcutt F 21 Massachusetts
son Charles O Orcutt M 19 Massachusetts
son Willard A Orcutt M 14 Massachusetts
son Kenneth B Orcutt M 7...Read MORE...

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.

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 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1914
name: Charles O Orcutt
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 08 Oct 1914
event place: Danvers, , Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 34
marital status:
race:
birth date: 1880
birthplace: Rockland, , Massachusetts
marriage registration year:
marriage registration place: Danvers, , Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1880
father: Charles J Orcutt
father's titles & terms:
mother: Sarah R Beal
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Lena B Dale
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's race:
spouse's marital status:
spouse's father: James E Dale
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Susan M Batchelder
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
record number: 5543
film number: 2409947
digital folder number: 4329372
image number: 00345
number of images: 1

'Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N46T-82J : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Sarah R Beal in entry for Charles O Orcutt and ...Read MORE...

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1915
name: Virginia Orcutt
titles & terms:
event: Birth
event date: 15 Sep 1915
event place: Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
gender:
race:
registration date:
registration place:
christening date:
christening place:
christening age:
death date:
death age:
father: Charles O. Orcutt
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother: Lena Dale
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
paternal grandfather:
paternal grandmother:
maternal grandfather:
maternal grandmother:
additional relatives:
volume/ page/ certificate number: 133
film number: 2409802
digital folder number: 4401723
image number: 987

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXKC-XL5 : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Charles O. Orcutt in entry for Virginia Orcutt, 1915.
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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 - 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 Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
name: Charles C Orcutt
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 48
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1882
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0445
family number: 150
sheet number and letter: 6B
line number: 83
nara publication: T626, roll 929
film number: 2340664
digital folder number: 4607665
image number: 00131
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Charles C Orcutt M 48 Massachusetts
wife Lena D Orcutt F 51 Massachusetts
mother Sarah B Orcutt F 75 Massachusetts
daughter Virginia D Orcutt F 14 Massachusetts
son Charles B Orcutt M 12 Massachusetts
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
name: Chas O Orcutt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Arlington Town, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 59
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1881
residence in 1935: Sommerville, Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 9-25
family number: 258
sheet number and letter: 13B
line number: 54
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1601
digital folder number: 005460873
image number: 00757
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Chas O Orcutt M 59 Massachusetts
wife Lena Orcutt F 61 Massachusetts
daughter Virginia Orcutt F 24 Massachusetts
son Chas B Orcutt M 22 Massachusetts
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1942 World War II Draft Registration
name: Charles C Orcutt
event: Draft Registration
event date: 1942
event place: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
gender: Male
birth date: 08 Aug 1880
nara publication title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Massachusetts
nara publication number: M2090
arc identifier:
film number: 2251653
digital folder number: 004157201
image number: 05820

'United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ V122-W6D : accessed 17 Feb 2013), Charles C Orcutt, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publications M1939, M1936, and M1937; FHL microfilm 2251653.
FamilySearch.org. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
The Draft

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.

Death
Name: Charles Orrin Orcutt
Death Date: 1954
Death Place: Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 50
Page Number: 324
Index Volume Number: 116
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.116

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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