Edwin Ashbel WILLARD

(b. 19 August 1857 , Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 October 1906 , )

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Edwin Ashbel WILLARD was born 19 August 1857 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA

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Edwin Ashbel married Georgianna ARMSTRONG 6 October 1886 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA . Georgianna ARMSTRONG was born abt. 1857

Edwin Ashbel WILLARD died 6 October 1906

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Georgianna ARMSTRONG-- Date: 6 October 1886 Place: Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Edwin A. Willard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Oct 1886
Event Place: Foxboro., Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Father's Name: Ashbell
Mother's Name: Harriot E. Willard
Spouse's Name: Georgianna Armstrong
Spouse's Father's Name: Asa
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Armstrong
Certificate Number: 40
GS Film number: 1415222 , Digital Folder Number: 4332354 , Image Number: 00705

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915

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1857 Birth
Name: Edwin Ashbel Willard
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 19 Aug 1857
Event Place: Foxborough, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Ashbel Willard
Father's Birthplace: Wrentham
Mother's Name: Harriett E. Willard
Mother's Birthplace: Franklin
Reference ID: p 350 , GS Film number: 1420936 , Digital Folder Number: 4341180 , Image Number: 42

Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915
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1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Medfield, Massachusetts
Name: Edwin Willard
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Massachusetts U S A
Page: 99
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ashbel Willard M 22 Massachusetts U S A
Harriett Willard F 21 Massachusetts U S A
Edwin Willard M 2 Massachusetts U S A
Household ID: 776 , GS Film Number: 803515 , Digital Folder Number: 004232244 , Image Number: 00852
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Medfield, Massachusetts
Name: Edwin A Willard
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 21
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ashbel Willard M 32 Massachusetts
Harriet Willard F 31 Massachusetts
Edwin A Willard M 13 Massachusetts
Harriet E Willard F 8 Massachusetts
Frank E Willard M 4 Massachusetts
Cora E Willard F 2 Massachusetts
Household ID: 183 , Line Number: 21 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000552134 , Digital Folder Number: 004271386 , Image Number: 00488
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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 Franklin, Massachusetts
Name: Edwin A Willard
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Works On Boots
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0548
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ashbel Willard Self M 43 Massachusetts, United States
Harriet Willard Wife F 42 Massachusetts, United States
Francis Willard Son M 14 Massachusetts, United States
Cora E Willard Daughter F 12 Massachusetts, United States
Sarah L Willard Daughter F 7 Massachusetts, United States
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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)

1886 Marriage / Partner
Edwin Ashbel WILLARD and Georgianna ARMSTRONG 6 October 1886, Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA (Foxboro)

He was 29 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

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