Peleg Lemuel JACQUES

(b. 6 March 1871 , Voluntown, Connecticut, USA d. 20 August 1949 , Killingly, Connecticut, USA )

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Peleg Lemuel JACQUES was born 6 March 1871 in Voluntown, Connecticut, USA

Peleg Lemuel JACQUES was the child of Alfred L JACQUES and Mary Lucinda SMITH

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Peleg Lemuel married Lillian Josephine HALL 18 June 1906 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA . Lillian Josephine HALL was born 7 October 1888 in Exeter, Rhode Island, USA. Lillian Josephine died abt. 1955 in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut). Lillian Josephine was the child of John Henry HALL and Emeline Penelope SMITH.

Peleg Lemuel JACQUES died 20 August 1949 in Killingly, Connecticut, USA .
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Lillian Josephine HALL-- Date: 18 June 1906 Place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
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Lillian Josephine HALL was the child of John Henry HALL and Emeline Penelope SMITH

Name: Peleg Lemuel Jaques
Birth Date: 1872
Birthplace:
Age: 34
Spouse's Name: Lillie J. Hall
Spouse's Birth Date: 1885
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Spouse's Age: 21
Event Date: 18 Jun 1906
Event Place: Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
Father's Name: Alfred L. Jaques
Mother's Name: Nancy L. Smith
Spouse's Father's Name: John Hall
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emeline Smith
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09436-5
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 1574011
Reference ID: p 23

"Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 13 Apr 2013), Peleg Lemuel Jaques and Lillie J. Hall, 18 Jun 1906.

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1871 Birth
6 March 1871
Voluntown, Connecticut, USA

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 Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
Name: Peleg L Jacques
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1885
Event Place: Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
District Number: 212
Family Number: 18
Page:
Line Number: 8
GS Film number: 953919
Digital Folder Number: 4539682
Image Number: 00541
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Son Henry L Jacques M
Son Peleg L Jacques M

'Rhode Island, State Census, 1885,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ M5FS-WWC : accessed 13 Apr 2013), Peleg L Jacques in entry for Henry L Jacques, 1885.
1885 Rhode Island State Census
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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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Peleg Lemuel JACQUES and Lillian Josephine HALL 18 June 1906, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

He was 35 years old.

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

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 Death of his daughter
Name: Evelyn Emeline Jacques
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 24 Feb 1923
Death Place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Age: 1
Birth Date: 1922
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Father's Name: Peleg Jacques
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Mother's Name: Lillian Jacques
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03094-4
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 1939822
Reference ID:

'Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F84X-MFK : accessed 13 Apr 2013), Peleg Jacques in entry for Evelyn Emeline Jacques, 1922.
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1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1926 Death of Son
Name: John Henry Jacques
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 05 Apr 1926
Death Place: Rhode Island
Age: 1
Birth Date: 1925
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Father's Name: Peleg L. Jacques
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Mother's Name: Lillian J. Hall
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03101-1
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 1940321
Reference ID: 2

'Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F84T-SSQ : accessed 13 Apr 2013), Peleg L. Jacques in entry for John Henry Jacques, 1925.
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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)

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 Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Name: Peleg L Jacques
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Plainfield Town, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head
Birthplace: Connecticut
Estimated Birth Year: 1872
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 8-19
Family Number: 60
Sheet Number and Letter: 15A
Line Number: 3
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 528
Digital Folder Number: 005461417
Image Number: 00567
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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.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

Death
Name: Peleg Jacques
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Aug 1949
Event Place: Killingly, Windham, Connecticut
Residence Place: Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
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Certificate Number: 11644

'Connecticut, Death Index, 1949-2001,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZLG-HQJ : accessed 13 Apr 2013), Peleg Jacques, 1949.
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