Robert WEISS

(b. abt. 1860 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1941 , Northampton, Massachusetts, USA )

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Robert WEISS was born abt. 1860 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Robert WEISS was the child of Carl Charles WEISS and Augusta Caroline ENDE

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Robert married Josephine GREENFIELD 22 August 1883 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephine GREENFIELD was born abt. 1861 in New York, USA.

Robert WEISS died abt. 1941 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA .
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Robert WEISS married

Josephine GREENFIELD-- Date: 22 August 1883 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Robert Weise
groom's birth date: 1860
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 23
bride's name: Josephine Greenfield
bride's birth date: 1861
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 22
marriage date: 22 Aug 1883
marriage place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Charles
groom's mother's name: Caroline Ende
bride's father's name: Augustus
bride's mother's name: Maritta
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indexing project (batch) number: I01261-8
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1902438
reference number: 80

Married Aug 22, 1883 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Josephine Greenfield. He is a 23 year old clerk. She is 22, at home. Both are from Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield. She was born in Catskill, NY. He is the son of Charles and Catherine Ende. She is the daughter of Augustus and Marietta. It is the first marriage for both. Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910, Vol: 343 ; Page: 68

Children of Robert WEISS and Josephine GREENFIELD:

P WEISE (b.21 September 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Florence WEISE (b.1 January 1888, Gloversville, New York, USA d. abt. 1939, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Charles Edward GRIGNARD 1912
m. Frederick Stewart ANGUS 19 July 1920 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

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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: Robert Weiss
age: 4 years
estimated birth year: 1861
gender: Male
race:
birthplace: Massachusetts
marital status: Single
residence: Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
family number: 23
line number: 61
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: Robert Wise
estimated birth year: 1861
gender: Male
age in 1870: 9y
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 - 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.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Robert WEISS and Josephine GREENFIELD 22 August 1883, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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
P WEISE was born 21 September 1884, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Florence WEISE was born 1 January 1888, Gloversville, New York, USA

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 - 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

1920 Marriage of Child
Florence WEISE married 19 July 1920, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) to Frederick Stewart ANGUS

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)