Lillian J BRUSH

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27 December 1906 , Halstead, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

2 May 1949 , Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

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Leon Samuel BRUSH Lula May ESTABROOK

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Born: 27 December 1906 in Halstead, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Leon Samuel BRUSH

Mother: Lula May ESTABROOK

Paternal grandparents: Richard N BRUSH , Louisa J (Lovisa) SUTTON

Maternal grandparents: Whitmore Barrett ESTABROOK , Caroline "Carrie" MILLER

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Lillian J married Stanley Francis MERRITT 29 November 1928 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Stanley Francis MERRITT was born 23 February 1905 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA. Stanley Francis died 12 January 1935 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA. Stanley Francis was the child of Lester George MERRITT and Cecelia "Celia" Amanda BOURGARDE.

Lillian J married (2) Frederick James COLES 4 February 1943 in West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA . Frederick James COLES was born 14 February 1903 in Abertilleny, Wales. Frederick James died 28 June 1974 in Ealing, Greater London, England.

Lillian J BRUSH died 2 May 1949 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Stanley Francis MERRITT
Marriage date: 29 November 1928
Marriage place: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
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Stanley Francis MERRITT was the child of Lester George MERRITT and Cecelia "Celia" Amanda BOURGARDE

Marriage notes:

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950

name: Stanley F. Merritt

titles & terms:

event: Marriage

event date: 29 Nov 1928

event place: Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

age: 24

estimated birth year: 1904

father: Lester G. Merritt

father's titles & terms:

mother: Cecelia Bourgarde

mother's titles & terms:

spouse: Lillian J. Brush

spouse's titles & terms:

spouse's age: 22

spouse's estimated birth year: 1906

spouse's father: Leon S. Brush

spouse's father's titles & terms:

spouse's mother: Lula Estabrooks

spouse's mother's titles & terms:

reference number: Item 2 p416 #2416

film number: 2313045

digital folder number: 004480685

image number: 00380

Children of Stanley Francis MERRITT and Lillian J BRUSH

Walter Stanley MERRITT

Born: 5 May 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1 June 2016, Bridgeport, New York, USA

Married: Linda C SMITH 6 October 1973 Place: Syracuse, New York, USA

Lillian J BRUSH married

Frederick James COLES
Marriage date: 4 February 1943
Marriage place: West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
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Marriage notes:

Name: Frederick James Coles

Gender: Male

Age: 39

Birth Date: abt 1904

Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1943

Marriage Place: West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Frederick Coles

Mother: Maryann Gibbons

Spouse: Lillian J. Merritt

Film Number: 002313731

Name: Lillian J. Merritt

[Lillian J. Brush]

Gender: Female

Age: 36

Birth Date: abt 1907

Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1943

Marriage Place: West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Leon Brush

Mother: Lula Estabook

Spouse: Frederick James Coles

Film Number: 002313731

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968

Children of Frederick James COLES and Lillian J BRUSH

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Birth — 1906
27 December 1906
Halstead, Pennsylvania, USA

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

1910 Hallstead, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
name: Lillian Brush
birthplace: Pennsylvania
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: Hallstead, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
family number: 176
page number: 8
Household Gender Age
parent Richard J Brush M 29y
parent Lula Brush F 27y
Marion Brush F 9y
Lillian Brush F 3y
Jelde Brush F y 2m

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 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921
Hallstead, Pa.

Lillian Brush of Carbondale is spending a few day s with her sister, Mrs. Lysle Decker.

The Binghamton Press
Binghamton, New York
FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1921

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
Miss Gladys Merritt and Miss Lillian Brush of Carbondale, Pa., spent
the week-end with the Misses Helen and Catherine Brady.

The Otsego Farmer
Cooperstown, New York
February 9,1923

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 Marriage / Partner
Lillian J BRUSH and Stanley Francis MERRITT 29 November 1928, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 21 years old.

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 Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
name: Lillian Merritt
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
gender: Female
age: 22
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Pennsylvania
estimated birth year: 1908
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
enumeration district number: 0117
family number: 192
sheet number and letter: 10A
line number: 22
nara publication: T626, roll 2048
film number: 2341782
digital folder number: 4639379
image number: 01175
Household Gender Age
spouse Stanley Merritt M 24
Lillian Merritt F 22

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Stanley Francis MERRITT died 12 January 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

1935 Birth of Child
Walter Stanley MERRITT was born 5 May 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

Lillian J was 28 years old.

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 Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
name: Lilian Merritt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 1, Carbondale, Carbondale City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
gender: Female
age:
marital status: Widowed
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Sister-in-law
relationship to head of household (standardized): Sister-in-law
birthplace: Pennsylvania
estimated birth year:
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 35-17
family number: 377
sheet number and letter: 16A
line number: 9
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3522
digital folder number: 005456662
image number: 00532
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Albert Helms M 37 Pennsylvania
wife Zelda Helms F 38 Pennsylvania
daughter Joyce Helms F 9 Pennsylvania
daughter Beverly Helms F 3 Pennsylvania
father-in-law Leon Brush M 60 Pennsylvania
mother-in-law Loula Brush F 59 Pennsylvania
sister-in-law Lilian Merritt F ...Read full story

1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1942 Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Merritt Hobart D r 82 Brook
Lester G (Celia A) h 82 Brook
Lester G jr (Bernice) drill press opr h 42 Reynolds av
Lillian J wid Stanley clk Hubert F Clark r 58 Grove
Niles B (Marion) lab r 42 Canaan

Publication Title: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1942

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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1943 Marriage / Partner
Lillian J BRUSH and Frederick James COLES 4 February 1943, West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 36 years old.

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)

Death
Name: Lillian J Coles
[Lillian J Brush]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 42
Birth Date: 27 Dec 1906
Birth Place: Halstead, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 2 May 1949
Death Place: Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Leon Brush
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Lula Estabrook
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Frederick J Coles
Certificate Number: 42723

Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
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Obituary
MRS. LILLIAN COLES of 48 Cherry Street, Johnson City, died Monday morning at the Carbondale General Hospital, after a week's illness. She is survived by her husband, Fred J. Coles; a son, Walter Merritt. of Johnson City; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brush, of Carbondale; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Helms, of Carbondale, and Mrs. Niles Merritt, of Forty Fort, Pa. She was a member of the Johnson City First Presbyterian Church and of its' Friendship Class.

Binghamton Press, Binghamton, New York
Tues., May 3, 1949