Genealogy for
William Daugherty
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William Daugherty
6/12/1851 - 1932
(Shown at age 39)
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William Daugherty was born on June 12, 1851 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and died about 1932 in Glendale, Ohio. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 80 years old.
His parents were William Daugherty (1/24/1818 PA -8/26/1917 OH)and Elizabeth Marshall Daugherty(1812 Ireland -1900 OH). His gandparents were John Daugherty and Anna Hilliard Daugherty.
On April 30, 1874 he married Lydia L. Johnson (1855-1918). They had seven children: John Edward (8/4/1876-12/13/1937), Louis W. (4/5/1878 - 1935),Kate E. (1880-1956),Marshall (12/15/1882 - 10/13/1962), Lydia Lorraine (7/31/1886 - 10/26/1968),Charles O. (9/14/1889 -1967) and Joseph Paul (4/7/1893-9/1963). | 
 | Census | 7/12/1860 | Cuyahoga Falls OH (Summit County) | 9 yrs old | |
#1068 - Wm Dougherty (age 40),
Elizabeth Dougherty (48),
Marshal Dougherty (16),
Sarah Dougherty (14),
Wm Dougherty (11)&
Julia Dougherty (4).William was born in PA, Elizabeth in NY all others in OH. William's job is listed as a teamster. Estate value $1200, personal $200. |
| Census | 6/15/1900 | Akron City OH ( Summit County) | 49 yrs old | | William Daugherty (age 47 -Jun 1852),
Lydia T. Daugherty (45 -May 1855),
Louis W. Daugherty (22 - April 1878),
Kate E. Daugherty (19- Sept. 1880),
Loraine L. Daugherty (13 -July 1886),
Charles O. Daugherty (10 - Sept. 1889) and
Joseph P. Daugherty (7-April 1893). William states his father was born in PA and mother in Ireland. Lydia's parents were both born in OH. She states they had 8 children, 7 are living.
William and Lydia have been married 26 years. William is a carpenter. |
| Death Certificate | 3/14/1918 | | 66 yrs old | | |
| Census | 1/3/1920 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 68 yrs old | | Recorded as family #153: George Auten (age 42), Kate (age 39), Russell (age 16), Ralph (age 14), Josephine (age 11) and William Daugherty (father-in-law, age 68). William is a widow and says he was born in OH, his father in Pennsylvania and his mother in Ireland and Irish is his native language. Everyone else was born in OH as were their parents. The children have been attending school and everyone can read and write. William is a house carpenter. George is a general practice Lawyer. |
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William, his family, and friends. For example, William is 4 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 8 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 14 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 18 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 26 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 28 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 38 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 44 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 46 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 49 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 49 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 50 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 51 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 52 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 53 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 55 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 55 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 55 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 61 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 62 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 63 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 72 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 72 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 73 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 75 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 76 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 77 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 31 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 34 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 57 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 61 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 62 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 66 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 58 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 59 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 76 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 78 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 79 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 81 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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| 58 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 63 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 66 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 68 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 69 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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 | Lydia Johnson
Born on May 6, 1856 and died on March 11, 1918.
They were married 1/1/1874.
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The Children of William Daugherty
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20 years old
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Kate E. Daugherty
Born somewhere in Ohio on September 19, 1880 and died somewhere in Ohio on October 19, 1956. She was 76 years old.
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