Marian G BRUSH

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21 November 1900 , Oakland, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

24 March 1978 , Binghamton, New York, USA

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Leon Samuel BRUSH Lula May ESTABROOK

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Born: 21 November 1900 in Oakland, Susquehanna, 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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Marian G married Lysle Ernest DECKER 13 October 1920 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA . Lysle Ernest DECKER was born 30 May 1895 in Pennsylvania, USA. Lysle Ernest died 8 June 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna). Lysle Ernest was the child of William Henry DECKER and Lavindaia Catherine OSTERHOUT.

Marian G married (2) Niles Bourgarde MERRITT 20 April 1931 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Niles Bourgarde MERRITT was born 17 November 1900 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA. Niles Bourgarde died 12 April 1966 in Binghamton, New York, USA. Niles Bourgarde was the child of Lester George MERRITT and Cecelia "Celia" Amanda BOURGARDE.

Marian G BRUSH died 24 March 1978 in Binghamton, New York, USA.

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Marian G BRUSH married

Lysle Ernest DECKER
Marriage date: 13 October 1920
Marriage place: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Lysle Ernest DECKER was the child of William Henry DECKER and Lavindaia Catherine OSTERHOUT

Marriage notes:

HALLSTEAD, Pa., Oct. 7 - The marriage of Mrs. Leon S. Brush, of Carbondale, and Lysle E. Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Decker, of Hallstead, took place Wednesday at high noon in the Berean Baptist church, Carbondale. The pastor, Rev. Warren L. Steeves, officiated. They were attended by Miss Lillian Brush, a sister of the bride, and Harry Warner, of Hallstead. The bride was attired in a golden tone velour coat suit, with hat to match. After a wedding dinner served at the home of the bride's parents, the young couple left for Buffalo, Niagara Falls and other places. Only the immediate relatives were present.

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Scranton, Pennsylvania

Friday, October 8, 1920

Children of Lysle Ernest DECKER and Marian G BRUSH

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Marian G BRUSH married

Niles Bourgarde MERRITT
Marriage date: 20 April 1931
Marriage place: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
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Niles Bourgarde MERRITT was the child of Lester George MERRITT and Cecelia "Celia" Amanda BOURGARDE

Marriage notes:

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950

name: Niles B. Merritt

titles & terms:

event: Marriage

event date: 20 Apr 1931

event place: Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

age: 30

estimated birth year: 1901

father: Lester Merritt

father's titles & terms:

mother: Celia Baragard

mother's titles & terms:

spouse: Marian Decker

spouse's titles & terms:

spouse's age: 30

spouse's estimated birth year: 1901

spouse's father: Leon Brusk

spouse's father's titles & terms:

spouse's mother: Lula Esterbrooks

spouse's mother's titles & terms:

reference number: p 87

film number: 2313049

digital folder number: 004480783

image number: 00069

Children of Niles Bourgarde MERRITT and Marian G BRUSH

Carolyn MERRITT

Born: 19 May 1932, , Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 31 January 2021, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Married: Floyd Laverne WARNER 15 November 1952

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Birth — 1900
21 November 1900
Oakland, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

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: Marion 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 Marriage / Partner
Marian G BRUSH and Lysle Ernest DECKER 13 October 1920, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 19 years old.

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 days 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 - 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lysle Ernest DECKER died 8 June 1928, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna)

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: Marion G Decker
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
gender: Female
age: 29
marital status: Widowed
race: White
birthplace: Pennsylvania
estimated birth year: 1901
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Servant
father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
enumeration district number: 0115
family number: 26
sheet number and letter: 1B
line number: 87
nara publication: T626, roll 2048
film number: 2341782
digital folder number: 4639379
image number: 01072
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Clayton Curtis M 76 New York
wife Eugenia J Curtis F 76 Pennsylvania
adopted son Frank W Curtis M 48 Pennsylvania
servant Marion G Decker F 29 Pennsylvania
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 Marriage / Partner
Marian G BRUSH and Niles Bourgarde MERRITT 20 April 1931, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

She was 30 years old.

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1932 Birth of Child
Carolyn MERRITT was born 19 May 1932, , Pennsylvania, USA

Marian G was 31 years old.

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 Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
name: Marion Merritt
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 5, Carbondale, Carbondale City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
gender: Female
age: 39
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Wife
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Pennsylvania
estimated birth year: 1901
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 35-30
family number: 142
sheet number and letter: 7B
line number: 54
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3522
digital folder number: 005456662
image number: 00904
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Niles Merritt M 39 Pennsylvania
wife Marion Merritt F 39 Pennsylvania
daughter Carolyn Merritt F 7 Pennsylvania
Ella B Bagley F 60 Pennsylvania
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940
Mr. and Mrs. Niles Merritt and daughter of Carbondale, Pa., were Sunday guests at the Brady and Eckler home.

Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown, New York, Friday, August 2, 1940

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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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)

1949 Death of her sister
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; h er 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

1950 - Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Name: Marion Merritt
Age: 49
Birth Date: abt 1901
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Niles Merritt
49 Head
Marion Merritt 49 Wife
Carolyn Merritt
17 Daughter
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.'

1966 Death of Spouse/Partner
Niles Bourgarde MERRITT died 12 April 1966, Binghamton, New York, USA

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

Death
Given Name: Marian
Middle Name:
Surname: Merritt
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 21 November 1900
Social Security Number: 079-42-0286
State: New York
Last Place of Residence: Broome, New York
Previous Residence Postal Code: 13865
Event Date: March 1978
Age: 78
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Marian G BRUSH - Rose Hill Cemetery Hallstead Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, USA

Rose Hill Cemetery
Hallstead
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania, USA

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Obituary
MERRITT - Mrs. Marian G. Merritt, 77, of 50 Main St., Windsor, died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Friday evening after a short illness. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn M. and Floyd L. Warner, Windsor. A sister, Mrs. Zelda Helms, Carbondale, PA; granddaughter, Deborah A. Warner, Windsor; a grandson, David F. Warner Sr., Port Crane; a great grandson David F. Warner Jr., Port Crane; a sister-in-law, Gladys Hadsell, Carbondale, Pa; also several, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was a member of the Windsor Presbyterian Church. She was a member and also a volunteer worker at the Windsor Senior Citizen Center. Funeral and Committal services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Wm. R. Chase & Son Inc., Funeral Home. 2 Chapel St Windsor. The Rev. Ronald B. Thomas, pastor of the Windsor Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Bun al will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Hallstead, PA. Friends may call at the funeral home today 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friends wishing . may make...Read full story