Alwine Ida WEISS

(b. 14 September 1859 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1956 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Alwine Ida WEISS was born 14 September 1859 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Alwine Ida WEISS was the child of Carl Charles WEISS and Augusta Caroline ENDE

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Alwine Ida married Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER) 16 March 1881 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER) was born abt. 1855 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Christopher died 16 October 1898 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

Alwine Ida WEISS died abt. 1956 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER)-- Date: 16 March 1881 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Ida E. Weise married 16 Mar 1881, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Christopher (Weugler) Neugler, Jr. Both are from Pittsfield. He is 25. She is 21. Both were born in Pittsfield. He is the son of Christopher and Dorothea. She is the daughter of Charles and Augusta. It is the first marriage for both.

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910, Vol: 325 ; Page: 58

Children of Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER) and Alwine Ida WEISS:

Mable W MUGLER (b.16 February 1882, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 November 1906, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Clara J MUGLER (b.20 July 1884, , Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1977, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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1859 Birth
14 September 1859
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1859 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Alwine Ida, child of Carl Weiss and Auguste Ende, b. 14 Sept 1859, baptised 16 Oct 1859, witnesses: Joh. Christine Vogel, Auguste Feige, Ferdinand Langenwald
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1860 - Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Charles Wise, 36, b. abt 1824
Augusta Wise, 22, b. abt 1838
Ida Wise, 7.12, b. abt 1859
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

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)

1865 Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
name: Ida Weiss
age: 6 years
estimated birth year: 1859
gender: Female
race:
birthplace: Massachusetts
marital status: Single
residence: Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
family number: 23
line number: 60
film number: 0954566
digital folder number: 4286774
image number: 00164
Household Gender Age
Charles Weiss M 41y
Caroline Weiss F 28y
Ida Weiss F 6y
Robert Weiss M 4y
Clara Weiss F 2y
Powell Weiss M
Amelia Enda F 18y
Louisa Enda F 16y

1865 Massachusetts Census
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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 Paris, Oneida, New York
name: Ida Wise
estimated birth year: 1860
gender: Female
age in 1870: 10y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: New York, United States
Household Gender Age
Charles Wise M 45y
Caroline Wise F 32y
Ida Wise F 10y
Robert Wise M 9y
Clara Wise F 7y

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 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Charles Wise, 55, b. abt 1825, Prussia, Works Woolen Mill
Caroline Wise, 42, b. abt 1838, Prussia, keeping house
Ida Wise, 20, b. abt 1860, Massachusetts, weaver
Robert Wise, 18, b. abt 1862, Massachusetts, clerk in store
Clara Wise, 17, b. abt 1863, Vermont, weaver
Jessie Wise, 3, b. abt 1877, Massachusetts

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 Marriage / Partner
Alwine Ida WEISS and Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER) 16 March 1881, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

She was 21 years old.

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.

1882 Birth of Child
Mable W MUGLER was born 16 February 1882, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Alwine Ida was 22 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Clara J MUGLER was born 20 July 1884, , Massachusetts, USA

Alwine Ida was 24 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Christopher MUGLER (NEUGLER) (WEUGLER) died 16 October 1898, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Ida Mugler
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Pittsfield city Ward 2, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 41
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children: 2
Birth Date: Sep 1859
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Mother of how many children: 2
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ida Mugler Head F 41 Massachusetts
Mable W Mugler Daughter F 18 Massachusetts
Clara J Mugler Daughter F 16 Massachusetts
District: 66 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5B , Household ID: 108 , Line Number: 74 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T623 , GS Film Number: 1240633 , Digital Folder Number: 004113818 , Image Number: 00024
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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.

1906 Death of Child
Mable W MUGLER died 16 November 1906, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Alwine Ida was 47 years old.

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 - 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)

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 - 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)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.