William Chester DAVENPORT

(b. 7 February 1867 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 May 1948 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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William Chester DAVENPORT was born 7 February 1867 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

William Chester DAVENPORT was the child of Edward Hall DAVENPORT and Sarah Eliza GROVES and the grandchild of: (paternal) John DAVENPORT and Hannah HALL (maternal) Levins GROVES and Martha Choice DRAPER

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

William Chester married Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER 3 September 1895 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER was born August 1871 in Connecticut, USA. Sadie Lucinda died 5 January 1957 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville). Sadie Lucinda was the child of Samuel A MCALLISTER and Harriet Caroline HOWLETT.

William Chester DAVENPORT died 18 May 1948 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA .

Owned property at Little Alum Pond in Brimfield, Massachusetts.

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William Chester DAVENPORT married

Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER-- Date: 3 September 1895 Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER was the child of Samuel A MCALLISTER and Harriet Caroline HOWLETT

Name: William C Darenport
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birth Place: Brimfield
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1895
Marriage Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Edward H Darenport
Mother: Sarah Groves Davenport
Spouse: Sadie L Maeallister

Name: Sadie L Maeallister
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birth Place: Mashapaug, Cann
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1895
Marriage Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Samuel A Maeallister
Mother: Carolene Hrolstt Maca??
Spouse: William C Darenport

Children of William Chester DAVENPORT and Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER:

Lysle Verna DAVENPORT (b.10 November 1896, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 January 1986, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Roscoe Willard NICHOLS 28 September 1920 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

Pauline Eva DAVENPORT (b.10 December 1907, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 January 2001, Winter Garden, Orange, Florida, USA)

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Postcards and Memories of Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

1867 Birth
7 February 1867
Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: Willie Devenport
Age in 1870: 2
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 71
Home in 1870: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Three Rivers
Inferred Father: Edward H Devenport
Inferred Mother: Sarah Devenport
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward H Devenport 24
Sarah Devenport 24
Willie Devenport 2
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: Willis C. Davenport
Age: 12
Birth Date: Abt 1868
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 56
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Edward Davenport
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Sarah E. Davenport
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: At School
Attended School: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Davenport 34
Sarah E. Davenport 35
Willis C. Davenport 12
Emma L. Davenport 9
Ida M. Davenport 3
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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

1895 Marriage / Partner
William Chester DAVENPORT and Sadie Lucinda MACALLISTER 3 September 1895, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

He was 28 years old.

1896 Birth of Child
Lysle Verna DAVENPORT was born 10 November 1896, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

William Chester was 29 years old.

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 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: William C Davenport
Age: 32
Birth Date: Feb 1868
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Sheet Number: 6
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 13
Family Number: 145
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Sadie L Davenport
Marriage Year: 1895
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Foreman (Augar Shop)
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: H
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Household Members:
Name Age
William C Davenport 32
Sadie L Davenport 28
Lysle V Davenport 3

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)

1907 - December 21 - sale of property at Little Alum Pond, Brimfield
Edward H Davenport and daughters, Emma L Plimpton and Ida M Clarke, all of Brimfield, along with Edward's son, Arthur E Davenport of Pittsfield, sell property at Little Alum Pond to Edward's son, William C Davenport.

1907 Birth of Child
Pauline Eva DAVENPORT was born 10 December 1907, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

William Chester was 40 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Blandford, Massachusetts
Name: William C Davenport
Age in 1910: 42
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts
Street: East Brimfield
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Sadie M Davenport
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Foreman
Industry: Auger Shop
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 14
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
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Household Members:
Name Age
William C Davenport 42
Sadie M Davenport 38
Lysle B Davenport 13
Pauline E Davenport 2

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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

1920 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: William C Davenport
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1869
[abt 1863]
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Sadie M Davenport
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Merchant
Industry: Gus Groceries
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
William C Davenport 51
Sadie M Davenport 48
Linda V Davenport 23
Pauline E Davenport 12
Charles E Farwell 28
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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

1920 Marriage of Child
Lysle Verna DAVENPORT married 28 September 1920, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) to Roscoe Willard NICHOLS

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 - Purchases Home in Florida
Mr and Mrs William C Davenport of East Brimfield, who conduct a summer resort at Little Alum pond have purchased a home in Florida. The Davenports have for a great many years passed the winter months in Chicago with relatives but this winter decided to head South.

Worcester Evening Gazette
Worcester, Massachusetts
February 15, 1929

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 - Orlando, Florida
Name: William C Davenport
[William C Darrpoat]
Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Ward of City: Princt 4 Outside Orlando
Dwelling Number: 23
Family Number: 25
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 2500
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at first Marriage: 28
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William C Davenport 63
Sadie Davenport 58

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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

1936 - October 26 - sale of property at Little Alum Pond, Brimfield
William C Davenport and his wife, Sadie, sell property at Little Alum Pond to their daughter, Lysle D. Nichols and her husband, Roscoe W. Nichols, for $20,000.

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 - Florida
Name: William Davenport
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Orange, Florida
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Avalon Grove W of Lake Hancock
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Sh, Orange, Florida
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 6B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 110
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 800
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Davenport 72
Sadie Davenport 68
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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)

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.

Death
Name: William Chester Davenport
Death Date: 1948
Death Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 28
Page Number: 401
Index Volume Number: 107
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.107

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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