Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH

(b. 16 October 1868 , Monmouth, Maine, USA d. abt. 1943 , Monmouth, Maine, USA )

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Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH was born 16 October 1868 in Monmouth, Maine, USA

Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH was the child of Elias Howard WADSWORTH and Diana BAILEY

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Myra Gertrude married Eugene E DAY 10 September 1887 in Monmouth, Maine, USA . Eugene E DAY was born abt. 1867 in Maine, USA. Eugene E died abt. 1940

Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH died abt. 1943 in Monmouth, Maine, USA.

married Eugene E. Day (1867 - 1940)

Children:
Millard Eugene Day (1888 - 1948)
Willard Everett Day (1888 - 1949)
Ross Ellis Day (1889 - 1964)
Ruby Day Hascall (1892 - 1982)

Sanborn Road Cemetery
East Monmouth
Kennebec County
Maine, USA

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Eugene E DAY-- Date: 10 September 1887 Place: Monmouth, Maine, USA
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Name: Eugene E. Day
Spouse's Name: Myra G. Wadsworth
Event Date: 10 Sep 1887
Event Place: Monmouth,Kennebec,Maine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50376-2 , System Origin: Maine-ODM , GS Film number: 11546

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1868 Birth
16 October 1868
Monmouth, Maine, USA

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

1870 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Myra Wadsworth
estimated birth year: 1867
gender: Female
age in 1870: 3y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age
Elias Wadsworth M 49y
Diana Wadsworth F 44y
Francisco Wadsworth M 24y
Lucy Ellen Wadsworth F 23y
Abby Clara Wadsworth F 19y
Elias Wadsworth M 17y
Frank Wadsworth M 13y
Sewell Wadsworth M 5y
Myra Wadsworth F 3y
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Mira Wadsworth
residence: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
birthdate: 1869
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Elias H. Wadsworth
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Diania Wadsworth
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 11 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0481
page: 332
page character: B
entry number: 1020
film number: 1254481
Household Gender Age
parent Elias H. Wadsworth M 58
parent Diania Wadsworth F 53
Frank Wadsworth M 21
Sewell M. Wadsworth M 15
Mira Wadsworth F 11

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

1887 Marriage / Partner
Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH and Eugene E DAY 10 September 1887, Monmouth, Maine, USA

She was 18 years old.

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

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 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Myra G Day
titles & terms:
residence: Monmouth village, Kennebec, Maine
birth date: Oct 1868
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
spouse: E E Day
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: E E Day
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 12
estimated marriage year: 1888
mother how many children: 4
number living children: 4
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0123
page: 7
sheet letter: B
family number: 186
reference number: 64
film number: 1240594
image number: 00250
Household Gender Age
spouse E E Day M
Myra G Day F
child Millard E Day M
child Willard E Day M
child Ross E Day M
child Ruby M Day 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 - 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 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Mira G Day
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 40
page number: 13
Household Gender Age
spouse Eugene E Day M 43y
Mira G Day F 41y
child Ross E Day M 20y
child Ruby W Day F 18y
Nancy C Day F 72y

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 - 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 Kennebec County, Maine
name: Myra G Day
residence: , Kennebec, Maine
estimated birth year: 1870
age: 50
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820643
digital folder number: 4300998
image number: 01058
sheet number: 4
Household Gender Age
spouse Eugene E Day M 52y
Myra G Day F 50y
Elmer S Hascall M 24y
Ruby D Hascall F 27y
Nancy C Day F 82y

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

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)

1930 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Myra G Day
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
gender: Female
age: 62
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1868
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0031
family number: 83
sheet number and letter: 3B
line number: 93
nara publication: T626, roll 834
film number: 2340569
digital folder number: 4584734
image number: 00293
Household Gender Age
spouse Eugene E Day M 63
Myra G Day F 62

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - 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