Elizabeth Helga LEBERG

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18 November 1903 , Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Died

16 April 1956 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Charles Gustaf LEBERG Matilda JOHNSON

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Born: 18 November 1903 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Charles Gustaf LEBERG

Mother: Matilda JOHNSON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elizabeth Helga married Frank Louis BAKER 31 October 1924 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Frank Louis BAKER was born 8 October 1904 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA (Romney's Marsh). Frank Louis died 27 January 1951 in Brandenburg, Kentucky, USA. Frank Louis was the child of Frank Louis "Jay Carling" BAKER "KING" and Annie Louise RHEEL.

Elizabeth Helga LEBERG died 16 April 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Elizabeth Helga LEBERG married

Frank Louis BAKER
Marriage date: 31 October 1924
Marriage place: Brockton, Massachusetts, USA

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Frank Louis BAKER was the child of Frank Louis "Jay Carling" BAKER "KING" and Annie Louise RHEEL

Marriage notes:

Name: Frank L Baker

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 31 Oct 1924

Event Place: Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Event Place (Original): Brockton

Age: 21

Race: W

Birth Year (Estimated): 1903

Father's Name: Frank L Baker

Mother's Name: Anna L Rheel

Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Leberg

Spouse's Age: 20

Spouse's Race: White

Spouse's Race (Original): White

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1904

Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Leberg

Spouse's Mother's Name: Matilda Johnson

Certificate Number: 645

Digital Folder Number: 107553142

Image Number: 00246

Record Number: 0

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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch.org : 16 January 2021), Frank L Baker, 1924.

Children of Frank Louis BAKER and Elizabeth Helga LEBERG

Frank Louis BAKER

Born: 13 August 1926, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 8 September 1993, , New Hampshire, USA

Anna May BAKER

Born: 19 October 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 November 1997, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1903
18 November 1903
Malden, Massachusetts, USA

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

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 - Malden, Massachusetts
Name: Elizabeth Lebere
[Elizabeth Libere]
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Malden Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Avon St
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles Lebere
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Packer
Industry: Candy Factory
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Attended School: No
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members Age Relationship
Charles Lebere
54 Head
Elizabeth Lebere 16 Daughter
Annie Lebere
13 Daughter
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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

1924 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Helga LEBERG and Frank Louis BAKER 31 October 1924, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA (North Bridgewater)

She was 20 years old.

1924 marriage

1926 Birth of Child
Frank Louis BAKER was born 13 August 1926, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Elizabeth Helga was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Anna May BAKER was born 19 October 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Elizabeth Helga was 25 years old.

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 Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts
name: Elizabeth Baker
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 27
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1903
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Sweden
mother's birthplace: Sweden
enumeration district number: 0566
family number: 95
sheet number and letter: 5B
line number: 60
nara publication: T626, roll 961
film number: 2340696
digital folder number: 4607697
image number: 00088
Household Gender Age
spouse Frank Baker M 26
Elizabeth Baker F 27

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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: Elizabeth H Baker
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1933
Street Address: 112 Marcella Rox
Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse:
Frank L Baker
Publication Title: Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1933

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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: Elizabeth Baker
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street Address: 329 Dorchester SB
Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse:
Frank Baker
Publication Title: Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935

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1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1936 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: Elizabeth Baker
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1936
Street Address: 329 Dorchester SB
Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse:
Frank Baker
Publication Title: Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1936

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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: Elizabeth Baker
Respondent: Yes
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Map of Home in 1940: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Street: Tremont Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Boston
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 2A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 43
Father's Birthplace: Sweden
Mother's Birthplace: Sweden
Occupation: Seamstress
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 14
Woman Marriages: No
Woman Age at First Marriage: 18
Number of Children Ever Born: 4
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 10
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
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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 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.