Julia Peables MCCANN

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21 November 1895 , Auburn, Maine, USA

Died

27 July 1975 , Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, USA

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George Edward MCCANN Harriet Julia PEABLES

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Born: 21 November 1895 in Auburn, Maine, USA

Father: George Edward MCCANN

Mother: Harriet Julia PEABLES

Paternal grandparents: John Fred MCCANN , Elizabeth BARTOLL

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Julia Peables married Alvin Henry PINKHAM 8 April 1922 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Alvin Henry PINKHAM was born 2 March 1901 in Waterville, Maine, USA. Alvin Henry died July 1984 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, USA. Alvin Henry was the child of Fred Eugene PINKHAM and Nellie M BLISS.

Julia Peables MCCANN died 27 July 1975 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, USA.

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Alvin Henry PINKHAM
Marriage date: 8 April 1922
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Alvin Henry PINKHAM was the child of Fred Eugene PINKHAM and Nellie M BLISS

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Pinkham Alvin H Apr 8 1922 12389 (1922) Manhattan FHL roll number 1653421

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Word has just been received by Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman of Auburn of the marriage in New York on April 8 of her niece, Miss Julia P. McCann and Alvin H. Pinkham of Farmington.

Miss McCann, was formerly of AUburn, and is very well known. She was graduated from Bates in the class of 1917 and from the school of retailing at New York university last spring.

Mr. Pinkham was graduated from Farmington High school and from Maine School of Commerce. He is connected with the Near East Relief work in New York.

The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, April 11, 1922

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1895 Birth
name: Julia P Mccann
event type: Birth
event date: 21 Nov 1895
event place: Auburn, , Maine
gender: Female
age:
estimated birth year:
father: Geo E Mccann
mother: Hattie J Peables
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 9993
dgs number: 4703832
image number: 00698

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KC81-QV9 : accessed 12 Nov 2012), Julia P Mccann, 1895.
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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 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Julia P Mccann
titles & terms:
residence: Auburn city, Androscoggin, Maine
birth date: Nov 1895
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Granddaughter
spouse:
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father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother:
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mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: James ? Peables
gender: Female
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0004
page: 15
sheet letter: B
family number: 373
reference number: 56
film number: 1240587
image number: 00144
Household Gender Age
James ? Peables M
Carrie M Peables F
Carrie L Peables F
Geo E Mccann M
Harriet J Mccann F
Julia P Mccann F
Emma Pooler 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)

An Anxious Hour or Two. Two Little Girls Try 'Alice in Wonderland,' in Auburn Thursday Afternoon.
The Misses Julia McCann and Aline Wood of Auburn gave their mammas and anxious hour late yesterday afternoon. These young ladies, who are about five years of age, had returned home from school and were out sliding in front of the McCann residence on Court street, when they were invited to go on a sleigh ride by a gentleman who drove past. Hailing the proposition with joy they jumped into the sleigh and drove off. They have no idea where they were taken but had a fine time, enjoying every minute of the ride. Meantime Mrs. McCann had missed her little girl and became thoroughly alarmed. She sought far and near over the neighborhood for the children but failed to find any trace of them.

City Marshal Garcelon was notified and at dusk the little ones were found walking on Court street, homeward bound. They said that the man had left them at a livery stable, after giving them a good ride. He had taken them downstairs and shown them the 'piggies' eating their supper. The sight reminded...Read full story

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 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Julia P Mc Cann
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Niece
residence: Auburn Ward 2, Androscoggin, Maine
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 421
page number: 21
Household Gender Age
Benjamin G Cushman M 47y
Carrie L Cushman F 39y
Caroline C Cushman F 6y
Wesley P Cushman M 1y 5m
James W Peables M 71y
Julia P Mc Cann F 14y
Isabel Seers F 59y
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
Miss Julia McCann of Auburn will leave on Monday to assume her duties as one of the teachers in the Castine High school.

The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, Saturday Morning, September 8, 1917

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
Miss Julia P. McCann, of Auburn; teacher of commercial department

High School, Farmington, Maine

The Lewiston Daily Sun, July 23, 1919

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 Marriage / Partner
Julia Peables MCCANN and Alvin Henry PINKHAM 8 April 1922, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

She was 26 years old.

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 Brooklyn, NY
name: Alvin H Pinkham
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1925
event place: Brooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 45, Kings, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 27
nationality: United States
race: White
relationship to head of household: Head
estimated birth year: 1898
years in the u.s.:
family number: 608
page: 24
line number: 26

name: Julia Pinkham
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1925
event place: Brooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 45, Kings, New York, United States
gender: Female
age: 27
nationality: United States
race: White
relationship to head of household: Wife
estimated birth year: 1898
years in the u.s.:
family number: 608
page: 24
line number: 27

'New York, State Census, 1925,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K91N-RVY : accessed 22 Dec 2012), Julia Pinkham, 1925.
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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)

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 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
name: Julia Pinkham
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 3, Newton, Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 42
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1898
residence in 1935: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
enumeration district number: 9-413
family number: 3
sheet number and letter: 1A
line number: 9
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1614
digital folder number: 005460886
image number: 00621
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Alvin Pinkham M 39 Maine
wife Julia Pinkham F 42 Maine
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)

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.

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.'

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.

Death
Julia Pinkham
United States Social Security Death Index
birth: 21 November 1895
death: July 1975 Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts

name: Julia Pinkham
event: Death
event date: 27 Jul 1975
event place: Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 036547
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birthplace: Maine
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'Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZ5X-8SS : accessed 22 Dec 2012), Julia Pinkham, 27 Jul 1975.

Obituary
Julia M. Pinkham
Mrs. Julia McCann Pinkham of 183 Huttleston Ave., Fairhaven, Mass., died yesterday at the Mattapoisett (Mass.) Nursing Home following a brief illness.

The wife of Alvin H. Pinkham, was born in Auburn, graduating from Bates College and receiving her master's degree in retailing science from New York University.

She Had lived in Fairhaven for the past 34 years where she was a member of the First Congregational Church and its Women's Guild.

Mrs. Pinkham was active in horticultural societies and spent a great part of her life in the cultivation of African violets.

Survivors are her husband of Fairhaven and two cousins.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Fairhaven Mortuary at Fairhaven.

Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, July 28, 1975

FINAL RESTING PLACE