Asahel GRISWOLD

(b. 24 October 1861 , Litchfield, Connecticut, USA d. 20 January 1933 , Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Asahel GRISWOLD was born 24 October 1861 in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Asahel GRISWOLD was the child of Lucius GRISWOLD and Desire GRANNIS

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

Asahel married Edith Lelia THAYER 26 November 1913 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edith Lelia THAYER was born 16 April 1888 in Upton, Massachusetts, USA. Edith Lelia died 21 July 1954 in Holland, Massachusetts, USA. Edith Lelia was the child of Eugene Franklin THAYER and Ella Russell ALEXANDER.

Asahel GRISWOLD died 20 January 1933 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Owned property at Little Alum Pond in Brimfield, Massachusetts.

Harrison Bennett ?-? -- William Dyson Bennett ? - 1894 -- Samuel Collette 1894-1911 -- Asahel Griswold 1911-1917 -- Arthur Mantha 1912?-1919- -- James Sandgren 1919-1923 -- Julian Gabree - 1923-1927 -- Judson Young 1927-1942 -- Kenneth Childs 1942-1959 -- Edgar A Tremblay - 1959-1977

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Asahel GRISWOLD married

Edith Lelia THAYER-- Date: 26 November 1913 Place: Westborough, Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
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Edith Lelia THAYER was the child of Eugene Franklin THAYER and Ella Russell ALEXANDER

Name: Asahel Griswold
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birth Place: Litchfield, Connecticut
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1913
Marriage Place: Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Lucius Griswold
Mother: Desire G Griswold
Spouse: Edith Lelin Thayer

Name: Edith Lelin Thayer
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1888
Birth Place: Upton, Massachusetts
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1913
Marriage Place: Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Eugene T Thayer
Mother: Ella R Thayer
Spouse: Asahel Griswold

Children of Asahel GRISWOLD and Edith Lelia THAYER:

Leon Asahel GRISWOLD (b.3 March 1915, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 April 1990, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Marion Eleanor GRISWOLD (b.26 June 1920, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 2004, Lakeville, Dakota, Minnesota, USA)

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1861 Birth
24 October 1861
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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)

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 - Litchfield, Connecticut
Name: Asahel Griswold
Age in 1870: 8
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Connecticut
Dwelling Number: 383
Home in 1870: Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Litchfield
Attended School: Y
Inferred Father: Lucius Griswold
Inferred Mother: Desire Griswold
Household Members:
Name Age
Lucius Griswold 58
Desire Griswold 45
Arthur Griswold 15
Seth Griswold 14
Charlotte Griswold 11
Asahel Griswold 8
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)

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.

1900 - Litchfield, Connecticut
Name: Asahel Griswold
Age: 38
Birth Date: Oct 1861
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1900: Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Street: Meadow St
House Number: 1
Sheet Number: 18
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 391
Family Number: 406
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's name: Disire Griswold
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Occupation: Farmer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: O
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: F
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Asahel Griswold 38
Charlotte E Griswold 40
Disire Griswold 74
John Baglin 29
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

1911 - December 27 - sale of property at Little Alum Pond, Brimfield
Samuel Collette and his wife, Lydia, of Brimfield, Mass. sold property at Little Alum in Brimfield to Asahel Griswold.

Hampden County Deeds, Book 822, Page 140

1912 - Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Asahel Griswold
Residence Year: 1912
Street address: 24 Dewey
Residence Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation: Lumber
Publication Title: Worcester, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1912

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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1912 - February 17 - sale of property at Little Alum Pond, Brimfield
Asahel Griswold of Worcester, Mass. sold property at Little Alum in Brimfield to Arthur Mantha and his wife, Melvina, of Sturbridge, Mass.

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
Asahel GRISWOLD and Edith Lelia THAYER 26 November 1913, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA (Westboro)

He was 52 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

1915 Birth of Child
Leon Asahel GRISWOLD was born 3 March 1915, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Asahel was 53 years old.

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 - Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Ashael Griswold
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1920: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Street: Aldrich St
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Edith Griswold
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Farm
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
Ashael Griswold 50
Edith Griswold 28
Leon Griswold 4

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

1920 Birth of Child
Marion Eleanor GRISWOLD was born 26 June 1920, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge)

Asahel was 58 years old.

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 - Charlton, Massachusetts
Name: Griswold
Birth Year: abt 1862
[abt 1882]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Rochdale Road Stafford St
Dwelling Number: 120
Family Number: 131
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at first Marriage: 53
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Dairy Farm
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Ha* Griswold 68
Edith L Griswold 42
Leon A Griswold 15
Marion E Griswold 9
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.