Fred H THOMPSON

(b. 7 November 1863 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 May 1940 , Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )

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Fred H THOMPSON was born 7 November 1863 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Fred H THOMPSON was the child of Charles Waterman THOMPSON and Mary Elizabeth TOWER

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Fred H married Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH 20 May 1884 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH was born April 1861 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Charlotte "Lottie" died 14 September 1922 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls). Charlotte "Lottie" was the child of Georg Jacob GIMLICH (GEMLICH) and Mary (Anna Maria) LANGE GREIBER (LEDIG).

Fred H THOMPSON died 17 May 1940 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA .

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Fred H THOMPSON married

Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH-- Date: 20 May 1884 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH was the child of Georg Jacob GIMLICH (GEMLICH) and Mary (Anna Maria) LANGE GREIBER (LEDIG)

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Fred H. Thompson
groom's birth date: 1864
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groom's age: 20
bride's name: Lottie Gimlich Rothus
bride's birth date: 1862
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bride's age: 22
marriage date: 20 May 1884
marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Chas. W. Thompson
groom's mother's name: Mary E. Tower
bride's father's name: Jacob
bride's mother's name: Maria
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indexing project (batch) number: I09661-7
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 234553
reference number: p 86

Children of Fred H THOMPSON and Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH:

Louis Frederick THOMPSON (b.29 May 1880, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 June 1945, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )

Charles Waterman THOMPSON (b.15 March 1885, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 July 1923, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)

Mary E THOMPSON (b.abt. 1889, , Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1981, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )

Frederick Howard THOMPSON (b.28 September 1890, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 June 1965, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )

Estella "Stella" Grace THOMPSON (b.28 November 1892, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 July 1968, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)

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1863 Birth
7 November 1863
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 - 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 Birth of Child
Louis Frederick THOMPSON was born 29 May 1880, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Fred H was 16 years old.

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)

1884 Marriage / Partner
Fred H THOMPSON and Charlotte "Lottie" GIMLICH 20 May 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 20 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Charles Waterman THOMPSON was born 15 March 1885, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Fred H was 21 years old.

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

1890 Birth of Child
Frederick Howard THOMPSON was born 28 September 1890, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Fred H was 26 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Estella "Stella" Grace THOMPSON was born 28 November 1892, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls)

Fred H was 29 years old.

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 - 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