Alice May HALL

Born

12 December 1864 , Pentwater, Michigan, USA

Died

6 February 1953 , Osmond, Nebraska, USA

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James Wesley HALL Mary J THATCHER

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Born: 12 December 1864 in Pentwater, Michigan, USA

Father: James Wesley HALL

Mother: Mary J THATCHER

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Alice May married George Simeon BENNETT 17 February 1883 in Ames, Iowa, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
They divorced. George Simeon BENNETT was born 6 July 1862 in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, USA. George Simeon died 7 December 1929 in Plainview, Nebraska, USA. George Simeon was the child of Simeon Salisbury BENNETT and Lucy Orinda CARPENTER.

Alice May married (2) Burton BUCHANAN abt. 1894 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Burton BUCHANAN was born 26 February 1867 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, USA. Burton died 4 September 1922 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA.

Alice May HALL died 6 February 1953 in Osmond, Nebraska, USA.
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Alice May HALL married

George Simeon BENNETT
Marriage date: 17 February 1883
Marriage place: Ames, Iowa, USA
George Simeon BENNETT was the child of Simeon Salisbury BENNETT and Lucy Orinda CARPENTER

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They divorced before 1894

Children of George Simeon BENNETT and Alice May HALL

Ethel May BENNETT

Born: 9 December 1885, Creighton, Nebraska, USA
Died: 24 January 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA

Alice May HALL married

Burton BUCHANAN
Marriage date: abt. 1894
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Children of Burton BUCHANAN and Alice May HALL

Hazel Alice BUCHANAN

Born: 30 July 1896, Osmond, Nebraska, USA
Died: 17 August 1971, Plainview, Nebraska, USA

Fern Marion BUCHANAN

Born: 1 April 1898, , Nebraska, USA
Died: January 1965, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, USA

David BUCHANAN

Born: 5 October 1899, , Nebraska, USA
Died: August 1974, Osmond, Nebraska, USA

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Birth — 1864
12 December 1864
Pentwater, Michigan, USA

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
Name: Alice M Hall
Age in 1870: 5
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1870: Bear Lake, Manistee, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Bear Lake
Household Members:
Name Age
James W Hall 42
Mary J Hall 35
Herman Hall 16
Byron Hall 13
Herbert Hall 10
Warren Hall 9
Alice M Hall 5
Edwin Hall 3
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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)

1880
Name: Alice Hall
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1880: Dodge, Boone, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James Hall
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's name: Mary Hall
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: At School
Household Members:
Name Age
James Hall 53
Mary Hall 45
Alice Hall 15
Edwin Hall 13
Emma Hall 3
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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.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Alice May HALL and George Simeon BENNETT 17 February 1883, Ames, Iowa, USA

She was 18 years old.

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

1885 Birth of Child
Ethel May BENNETT was born 9 December 1885, Creighton, Nebraska, USA

Alice May was 21 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

1894
Married Burton Buchanan (1867 – 1922) in 1894

1896 Birth of Child
Hazel Alice BUCHANAN was born 30 July 1896, Osmond, Nebraska, USA

Alice May was 31 years old.

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Birth of Child
Fern Marion BUCHANAN was born 1 April 1898, , Nebraska, USA

Alice May was 33 years old.

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.

1899 Birth of Child
David BUCHANAN was born 5 October 1899, , Nebraska, USA

Alice May was 34 years old.

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

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 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1922 Death of Spouse/Partner
Burton BUCHANAN died 4 September 1922, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA

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)

1929 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Simeon BENNETT died 7 December 1929 , Plainview, Nebraska, USA

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

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 - 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.

Death — 1953
6 February 1953
Osmond, Nebraska, USA
She died at the age of 88.

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