Mabel Alice ROBINSON

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7 June 1908 , Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Died

8 March 2006 , Sebring, Florida, USA

Age: 97

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Harvard Greeley ROBINSON Charlotte "Lottie" May RHEEL

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Born: 7 June 1908 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Father: Harvard Greeley ROBINSON

Mother: Charlotte "Lottie" May RHEEL

Paternal grandparents: John D ROBINSON , Julia E GOTT

Maternal grandparents: George Phillip RHEEL , Minna Ernestine "Minnie Alice" THEINERT

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Mabel Alice married Lawrence Plummer SENTER 20 August 1940 in Farmington, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Lawrence Plummer SENTER was born 4 April 1906 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. Lawrence Plummer died 13 March 1984 in Avon Park, Florida, USA. Lawrence Plummer was the child of Walter Howard SENTER and Gertrude Frances STEVENS.

Mabel Alice ROBINSON died 8 March 2006 in Sebring, Florida, USA.
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Mabel Alice ROBINSON married

Lawrence Plummer SENTER
Marriage date: 20 August 1940
Marriage place: Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
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Lawrence Plummer SENTER was the child of Walter Howard SENTER and Gertrude Frances STEVENS

Marriage notes:

New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947

name: Lawrence Plummer Senter

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event: Marriage

event date: 20 Aug 1940

event place: Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire

age: 34

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birthplace:

estimated birth year: 1906

father: Walter Howard Senter

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mother: Gertrude Francis Stevens

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spouse: Mabel Alice Robinson

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spouse's age: 32

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spouse's estimated birth year: 1908

spouse's father: Harvard Greely Robinson

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spouse's mother: Gertrude Francis Rhell

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film number: 2294251

digital folder number: 4244859

image number: 237

NOTE: This is his 3rd marriage and her 1st marriage

Children of Lawrence Plummer SENTER and Mabel Alice ROBINSON

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Born: , Rochester, New Hampshire, USA (East, North) (Gonic)
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Born: , Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
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Birth — 1908
7 June 1908
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut
name: Mabel Robinson
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: New Britain Ward 4, Hartford, Connecticut
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
family number: 177
page number: 11
Household Gender Age
parent Howard Robinson M 28y
parent Lottie Robinson F 23y
Mabel Robinson F 1y 10m
Harry Robinson M 23y
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Hancock County, Maine
name: Alice M Robinson
residence: , Hancock, Maine
estimated birth year: 1909
age: 11
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
film number: 1820642
digital folder number: 4300997
image number: 00807
sheet number: 4
Household Gender Age
parent Harvey G Robinson M 37y
parent Lottie M Robinson F 33y
Alice M Robinson F 11y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1930 Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
name: Alice Robinson
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine
gender: Female
age: 21
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1909
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 4
family number: 160
sheet number and letter: 8A
line number: 32
nara publication: T626, roll 832
film number: 2340567
digital folder number: 4584732
image number: 01154
Household Gender Age
parent Harvard Robinson M 47
parent Charlotte Robinson F 43
Alice Robinson F 21

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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 Marriage / Partner
Mabel Alice ROBINSON and Lawrence Plummer SENTER 20 August 1940, Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

She was 32 years old.

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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 - Safety Harbor, Pinellas, Florida, USA
Name: Alice R Senter
Age: 41
Birth Date: abt 1909
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Safety Harbor, Pinellas, Florida, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Lawrence P Senter
43 Head
Alice R Senter 41 Wife
Richard L Senter
9 Son
Ruth Ann Senter
3 Daughter
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1950 Census
Name: Mabel Alice Robinson Senter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1950
Sex: Female
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Date: 1908
Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Lawrence Plummer Senter Head M Lynn, Massachusetts
Mabel Alice Robinson Senter Wife F Greenwich, Connecticut
Richard Lawrence Senter Child M Rochester, New Hampshire

Digital Folder Number: 008623055
Image Number: 01401

'Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960', database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:8HYN-B13Z : 9 March 2021), Mabel Alice Robinson Senter in entry for Lawrence Plummer Senter, 1950.
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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.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1984 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lawrence Plummer SENTER died 13 March 1984, Avon Park, Florida, USA

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

Alice Robinson Senter
Thanks to Ruth

2001 - George W. Bush becomes President of the United States

2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.

Death information
SENTER, ALICE R 07 Jun 1908 06 Mar 2006 (V) 97 33825 (Avon Park, Highlands, FL) (none specified) New Hampshire 001-03-0667

Highlands County, Florida
Obituaries
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Surname First Name Middle Name Gender Age Month Day Year Paper City State Funeral Home Funeral City Funeral State Birth State / Providence Birth Country US Veteran Reference Page
SENTER Alice F 97 Mar 8 2006 NS Sebring FL S N Avon Park FL CT 59, 61,
SENTER Lawrence P. M 77 Mar 14 1984 Avon Park FL Stephenson-Nelson-Smith Avon Park FL MA 101

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Sebring, Florida
Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Mabel Alice ROBINSON - Grave - Lakeview Memorial Gardens Avon Park, Florida Thanks to Mike Flood

Grave - Lakeview Memorial Gardens
Avon Park, Florida
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Lakeview Memorial Gardens Avon Park, Florida, Section Matthew Block 687

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