Genealogy for
Fred M. Windows
About Fred M. Windows |
 Fred M. Windows 12/19/1884 - 11/25/1942 (Shown at age 20)
| Fred M. Windows was born on December 19, 1884 in Gloucestershire County, England and died on November 25, 1942 in Akron, Ohio. He lived to be 57 years old.
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 | Immigration | 5/17/1888 | England ZZ | 3 yrs old | Maynard Windows born 1863. Port of departure Liverpool, England. Arrival date 5/17/1888 on the ship England, destination Pennsylvania. |
 | Census | 1/1/1910 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 25 yrs old | Listed: F. M. Windows (age 25) born in England, Ella (age 25) born in PA, Frederick E. (age 5) born in PA. |
 | Census | 1/1/1920 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 35 yrs old | Listed: Fred M. windows (age 35) born in England, occupation Fibercloth at Rubber Co., Ella (age 35), Earl (age 15).
Immigrated 1891. They state parents born in England. |
 | Census | 1/1/1930 | Cuyahoga Falls OH (Summit County) | 45 yrs old | Listed: Fred M. Windows (age 45), head, born in England, occupation Salesman. Ella (age 45), born in PA, Frederick E. (age 25), born in PA, occupation Salesman.
Immigrated 1886. States both parents born in England. |
 | Military | 1/1/1942 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 57 yrs old | World War II Draft Registration Cards - Serial # 1354 - Fred M. Windows, address: 506 Crosby St. , Akron , Summit, Ohio. Telephone: JE 3649, age: 5, birth date: Dec. 19, 1884, place of birth: Gloucestershire County, England. Name and address of person who will always know your address: Fred Earl Windows, 1457 Bryden Dr. Akron, Ohio. Name and address of employer: Goodyear Aircraft, Akron , dept. 882, |
 | Graveyard/Tombstone | 11/25/1942 | Akron OH (Summit County) | 57 yrs old | Windows - graves # 1 and 2, lot 288, block R in Greenlawn Cem. |
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Fred, his family, and friends. For example, Fred is 25 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
Age | Date | Event |
5 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
11 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
13 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
16 |
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. |
16 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
17 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
18 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
19 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
20 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
22 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
22 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
22 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
28 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
29 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
30 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
39 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
39 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
40 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
42 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
43 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
44 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
52 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
54 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
24 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
28 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
29 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
33 |
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. |
35 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
54 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
55 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
57 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
Age | Date | Event |
25 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
26 |
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. |
43 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
45 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
46 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
48 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
49 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
50 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
50 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
51 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
55 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
Age | Date | Event |
25 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
30 |
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. |
33 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
35 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
36 |
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. |
54 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
55 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
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 | Ellen 'Nellie' Gregory Born on an unknown day in September 1884 and died on January 8, 1968
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The Children of Fred M. Windows
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 21 years old
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Frederick Earl Windows Born in Akron, Ohio on November 3, 1904 and died in Orange Co., Florida on December 21, 1974. He was 70 years old.
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