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William Henry Doble 1862 - 1950

William Doble was born on May 26, 1862, and died at age 88 years old on October 29, 1950 at West Harwich, MA in Barnstable County, Massachusetts United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Henry Doble.

William Doble

May 26, 1862

October 29, 1950

West Harwich, MA in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

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William Henry DOBLE, parents Enoch Hall DOBLE and Rachel TIMBERLAKE was born May 26, 1862 in No, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died Oct. 29, 1950 in West Harwich, MA USA . He was the founder and President of Pneumatic Scales. This company made machines that packaged things- corn flakes in the box, coke in the bottle. It is said that he invented the first packing machine but I am not 100% sure. The husband of Henrietta Williams FRENCH and father of 1. KENDALL DYER DOBLE was born March 23, 1895-notes in Quincy, Ma.. He died Jan. 14, 1960 in London, England. ( he is my grandfather, smiling as I remember ) 2. Rachel Mary DOBLE was born Dec. 13, 1884. She died June 2, 1967 in Carmel, California. 3. Charles French DOBLE was born Dec. 16, 1885, in Quincy, MA. He died Feb. 2, , 1975 ? in Harwich Port,Cape Cod, MA. 4. Ralph Nelson DOBLE was born Dec. 16, 1887 in Quincy, MA . He died Nov. 21, 1964 in Brewster, MA. 5. Clarice Burrell DOBLE was born November 19,1892 in Quincy, MA . She died Sept. 1984 in Rutland, VT. 6. Enoch Hall Doble was born Jan. 22, 1897. He died 13 JAN 1985 in Durham, North Carolina . 7. William Henry Doble JR. was born Oct. 4, 1902. He died June 7, 1965 in Hingham, Ma.. 8. Henrietta Doble was born May 1, 1905. She died Feb. 18, 1967. Sue Edling [contact link]
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William H. Doble, Pneumatic Scale Co., Founder, Dies William H. Doble, 88, founder and chairman of the board of the Pneumatic Scale corporation, ltd., of North Quincy, died at his summer home at Old Mill Point, Harwich, yesterday. Pioneer In Industry Mr. Doble was a pioneer in packaging machinery industry. The company he founded employes more than 700 people in Quincy and grosses between $8,000,000 and 10,000,000 per year. Born in Quincy, he experimented with automatic food packaging when he was proprietor of a grocery store in South Quincy. At that time most food was sold without wrappongs. In 1895, he opened the Electric Scale company on Atlantic avenue, Boston, employing eight assistants. The firm, a machine shop, later became the Pneumatic Scale company when Mr. Doble developed a compressed air device to pack products. Among other machines he developed was one for sealing cartons and setting up boxes automatically, He also invented weighing machines which measured either the combined weight of the package or the weight of the material alone. He was president of the company from 1938 to 1948 and became chairman of the board three years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. William H. Doble; five sons, Charles F. of Harwichport; Ralph N. of Hingham, Enoch H. of Wellfleet, Willuam H. Doble Jr. of Hingham and Kendall, who succeeded his father as company president, of Cohasset; three daughters, Mrs. Rama D. Stearns of Carmel, Cal., Mrs. Henrietta MacLeod and Mrs.Herbert Williams, both of Bayside, N.Y., 22 grandchildren and 17 great- grandchildren Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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William Henry Doble lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.

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In 1862, in the year that William Henry Doble was born, on August 17th, the Dakota War of 1862 began in Minnesota. Four Lakota Sioux - while hunting - killed five settlers near the Minnesota River. That evening, elders of the tribe decided to attack more settlements with the goal of driving out those who had settled the area. By the end of the year, 1000 Lakota had been jailed.

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In 1876, he was only 14 years old when in the Spring, Sioux chief Sitting Bull's encampment in the region of the Little Bighorn River was expanded by "vast numbers" from other tribes. This meeting of Native Americans became the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.

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