Emma FLAGG

Born

March 1873 , Holden, Massachusetts, USA

Died

2 February 1952 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Alick (Alexander) FLAGG Lucy TEBO

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Born: March 1873 in Holden, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Alick (Alexander) FLAGG

Mother: Lucy TEBO

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

Emma married Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON 21 August 1893 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON was born 8 June 1874 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Pierre Edmond "Peter" died abt. 1918 in Massachusetts, USA. Pierre Edmond "Peter" was the child of Edmond BURON and Agnes GOULET.

Emma FLAGG died 2 February 1952 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON
Marriage date: 21 August 1893
Marriage place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON was the child of Edmond BURON and Agnes GOULET

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Name: Emma Flagg

Age: 20

Birth Year: abt 1873

Birth Place: Holden

Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1893

Marriage Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Alick Flagg

Mother: Ephemi Dion

Spouse: Pierre Buron

Name: Pierre Buron

Age: 19

Birth Year: abt 1874

Birth Place: Canada

Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1893

Marriage Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Edmund Buron

Mother: Agnes Goulet

Spouse: Emma Flagg

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON and Emma FLAGG

Oscar G BURON

Born: 1 October 1900, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 17 February 1950, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Thyra HILLSEN 5 March 1932 Place: Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

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Birth — 1873
March 1873
Holden, Massachusetts, USA

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 - Holden, Massachusetts
Name: Amee Flagg
Age: 7
Birth Date: Abt 1873
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 28
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Aleck Flagg
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's name: Forme Flagg
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Attended School: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Aleck Flagg 36
Forme Flagg 30
Luly Flagg 11
Rosa Flagg 9
Amee Flagg 7
John Tatro 7
Frederic Tatro 6
Georgie Flagg 1
Louisa Flagg 3

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Emma FLAGG and Pierre Edmond "Peter" BURON 21 August 1893, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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, Massachusetts
Name: Emma Buron
Age: 26
Birth Date: Mar 1874
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ward of City: 68
Street: Maple
Sheet Number: 7
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 1957
Family Number: 154
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Peter Buron
Marriage Year: 1893
Father's Birthplace: France, Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, France
Mother: Number of Living Children: 2
Mother: How Many Children: 2
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Buron 24
Emma Buron 26
Arthur Buron 5
Peter E Buron 2

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1900 Birth of Child
Oscar G BURON was born 1 October 1900, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA (Ward)

Emma was 27 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.

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)

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.

1932 Marriage of Child
Oscar G BURON married 5 March 1932, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) to Thyra HILLSEN

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 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Emma Buron
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Street: Milk Street
House Number: 4
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 1B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 8
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 15
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Emma Buron 67
Arthur Buron 46
Edmund P Buron 44
Oscar Buron 40

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)