Ella J KEANE

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18 February 1858 , Hallowell, Maine, USA

Died

9 July 1929 , Lewiston, Maine, USA

Age: 76

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Born: 18 February 1858 in Hallowell, Maine, USA

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Ella J married Matthew W FAHEY 14 November 1874 in Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
They divorced. Matthew W FAHEY was born January 1853 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Matthew W died 30 July 1925 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Matthew W was the child of Michael FAHEY and Bridget GAHAGAN.

Ella J KEANE died 9 July 1929 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.
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Ella J KEANE married

Matthew W FAHEY
Marriage date: 14 November 1874
Marriage place: , Maine, USA
Matthew W FAHEY was the child of Michael FAHEY and Bridget GAHAGAN

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Libelant: Ellie J. Fahey

Libelee: Matthew W. Fahey

Former Name of Female: Ella J. Kean

Date of Marriage: 14 Nov. 1874

Date of Divorce: 29 Apr. 1902

County Where Divorced: Androscoggin

Source: Maine Divorce Index, 6-2

Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy mainegenealogy.net

Children of Matthew W FAHEY and Ella J KEANE

Edward Francis FAHEY

Born: 22 November 1875, Augusta, Maine, USA
Died: 26 November 1943, Auburn, Maine, USA

Married: Jessie Evelyn HEAD 19 April 1904 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Blanche PATTEE 8 October 1913 Place: , Maine, USA

John H FAHEY

Born: abt. 1880, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Died: 8 March 1917, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Ella May FAHEY

Born: 25 February 1886, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Died: 12 December 1938, Farmingdale, Maine, USA

Married: John Ernest CONNORS 19 May 1907 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

Mary Etta FAHEY

Born: 2 July 1896, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Died: 23 February 1987, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Ralph Herbert DRAPER 17 April 1915 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Birth — 1858
18 February 1858
Hallowell, Maine, USA

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1874 Marriage / Partner
Ella J KEANE and Matthew W FAHEY 14 November 1874, , Maine, USA

She was 16 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Edward Francis FAHEY was born 22 November 1875, Augusta, Maine, USA

Ella J was 17 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Ella May FAHEY was born 25 February 1886, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Ella J was 28 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
Mary Etta FAHEY was born 2 July 1896, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Ella J was 38 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Ella Fahey
titles & terms:
residence: Lewiston city, Androscoggin, Maine
birth date: Feb 1854
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
spouse: Matthew Fahey
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthplace: Maine
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Matthew Fahey
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 27
estimated marriage year: 1873
mother how many children: 6
number living children: 4
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0015
page: 3
sheet letter: A
family number: 46
reference number: 21
film number: 1240587
image number: 00531
Household Gender Age
spouse Matthew Fahey M
Ella Fahey F
child Edward Fahey M
child Ella M Fahey F
child Mary E Fahey F
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Marriage of Child
Edward Francis FAHEY married 19 April 1904, Lewiston, Maine, USA to Jessie Evelyn HEAD

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)

1907 Marriage of Child
Ella May FAHEY married 19 May 1907, Lewiston, Maine, USA to John Ernest CONNORS

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Ella Fahey
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Lewiston Ward 2, Androscoggin, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 1
page number: 1
Household Gender Age
Ella Fahey F 56y
child Mary E Fahey F 13y

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 Marriage of Child
Edward Francis FAHEY married 8 October 1913, , Maine, USA to Blanche PATTEE

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

1915 Marriage of Child
Mary Etta FAHEY married 17 April 1915, Lewiston, Maine, USA to Ralph Herbert DRAPER

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 Death of Child
John H FAHEY died 8 March 1917, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Ella J was 59 years old.

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 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Ella Fahey
residence: , Androscoggin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1854
age: 66
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Mother-in-law
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820637
digital folder number: 4300992
image number: 00616
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age
Ralph E Draper M 26y
child Mary E Draper F 23y
Ralph E Draper M 3y8m
John W Draper M 7m
Ella Fahey F 66y
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

1925 Death of Spouse/Partner
Matthew W FAHEY died 30 July 1925, Lewiston, Maine, USA

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)

Obituary and Burial
Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine
Sunday, July 10, 1929

Mrs. Ella I. Fahey, widow of Matthew W. Fahey, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph II, Draper, 50 Lafayette street, Tuesday afternoon.

She was born in Hallowell, Maine, Feb. 18, 1858. Her father was John Keane and her mother was Lovinia Towle Keane. She has lived in Lewiston for over 50 years.

She leaves a son, Edward F. Fahey of Lewiston, two daughters Mrs. John Connors of Gardiner and Mrs. Ralph Draper of Lewiston, five grandchildren, Mrs. Irene E. Evans of Lewiston, Mrs. Lillian Connors of Gardiner, Ralph Jr., John and Earl Draper of Lewiston and one grandchild, Edward Evans of Lewsison.

Ella J Keen, died 10 July 1929 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine, Lot 1107

Also buried there are: Blanche M. (Pattee) 1877-8/ 21/ 1952 - W. of Edward F. Fahey
Edward F. Fahey (11/ 22/ 1875 - 11/ 26/ 1943 - H. of Blanche M. Pattee/ S. of Matthew & Ella J. (Keen) Fahey
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