Hattie Geneva MAINS

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18 February 1895 , Georgetown, Maine, USA

Died

21 June 1971 , Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

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Lendall Augustine MAINS Rosa E WILLIAMS

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Born: 18 February 1895 in Georgetown, Maine, USA

Father: Lendall Augustine MAINS

Mother: Rosa E WILLIAMS

Paternal grandparents: William Henry MAINS , Margaret J PINKHAM

Maternal grandparents: Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS , Willietta "Etta" FOWLES

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Hattie Geneva married Melvin Blair JONES 6 February 1917 in Bath, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Melvin Blair JONES was born 17 January 1876 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Melvin Blair died abt. 1946 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Melvin Blair was the child of Charles Edward JONES and Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD.

Hattie Geneva MAINS died 21 June 1971 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
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Hattie Geneva MAINS married

Melvin Blair JONES
Marriage date: 6 February 1917
Marriage place: Bath, Maine, USA
Source: mainegenealogy.net

Melvin Blair JONES was the child of Charles Edward JONES and Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD

Marriage notes:

Name of Groom: Melvin B. JONES

Groom's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.

Name of Bride: Hattie G. MAINS

Bride's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.

Marriage Date: Tuesday, 6 Feb. 1917

Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"

Children of Melvin Blair JONES and Hattie Geneva MAINS

Rose Estelle JONES

Born: 2 November 1920, Bath, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Charles Russell JONES

Born: 12 October 1922, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 May 1995,

Shirley Ella JONES

Born: 1 February 1930, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 November 2000,

Richard Arnold JONES

Born: 3 March 1933, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 1993,

Donald Allen JONES

Born: 29 April 1935, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1 May 2001, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA

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1895 Birth
name: Hattie Geneva Maines
event type: Birth
event date: 18 Feb 1895
event place: Georgetown, , Maine
gender: Female
age:
estimated birth year:
father: Lendall Maines
mother: Rosa Williams
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 9989
dgs number: 4703828
image number: 01619

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KC8Y-SGW : accessed 25 Nov 2012), Hattie Geneva Maines, 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.

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 Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Hattie G Maines
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 231
page number: 11
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Lendall Maines M 43y Maine
wife Rosa E Maines F 36y Maine
son Alton E Maines M 19y Maine
dau Hattie G Maines F 15y Maine
dau Bertha M Maines F 13y Maine
dau Abbie E Maines F 9y Maine
dau Florence B Maines F 7y Maine
son Walter R Maines M 2y Maine
dau Agnes E Maines F 1y 4m Maine
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 Marriage / Partner
Hattie Geneva MAINS and Melvin Blair JONES 6 February 1917, Bath, Maine, USA

She was 21 years old.

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

1920 Birth of Child
Rose Estelle JONES was born 2 November 1920, Bath, Maine, USA

Hattie Geneva was 25 years old.

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

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

1922 Birth of Child
Charles Russell JONES was born 12 October 1922, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Hattie Geneva was 27 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

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 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Hattie Jones
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 35
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1895
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0095
family number: 375
sheet number and letter: 19A
line number: 50
nara publication: T626, roll 936
film number: 2340671
digital folder number: 4607672
image number: 00489
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Melvin B Jones M 54 Canada
wife Hattie Jones F 35 Maine
daughter Rose E Jones F 4 Maine
son Charles R Jones M 7 Massachusetts
son James A Jones M 5 Massachusetts
daughter Alice M Jones F 3 Connecticut
lodger Sigfred Johnson M 40 Norway
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 Birth of Child
Shirley Ella JONES was born 1 February 1930, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Hattie Geneva was 34 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Richard Arnold JONES was born 3 March 1933, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Hattie Geneva was 38 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Donald Allen JONES was born 29 April 1935, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Hattie Geneva was 40 years old.

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 - Her ex-husband
name: Melvin Jones
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 1, Quincy, Quincy City, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 64
marital status: Divorced
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized):
birthplace: Canada
estimated birth year: 1876
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 11-181
family number: 41
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 30
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1630
digital folder number: 005460902
image number: 00308
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Herbert Myers M 43 Massachusetts
wife Katherine Myers F 30 New Hampshire
daughter Alma Myers F 0 Massachusetts
lodger John H Beechey M 47 Massachusetts
lodger Francis T Cody M 42 Massachusetts
Otto S Johnson M 49 Sweden
Samuel Gregory M 42 Massachusetts
Ferdenand Day M 64...Read full story

1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Harriet Jones
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 3, Quincy, Quincy City, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 45
marital status: Widowed
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1895
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 11-204
family number: 233
sheet number and letter: 11B
line number: 70
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1631
digital folder number: 005460903
image number: 00182
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Harriet Jones F 45 Maine
daughter Rose Jones F 19 Maine
son Charles Jones M 17 Massachusetts
son James Jones M 15 Massachusetts
daughter Alice Jones F 13 Connecticut
daughter Shirley Jones F 9 Massachusetts
son Richard Jones M 7 Massachusetts
son Donald Jones M 5...Read full story

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

Death
first name: Hattie
middle name:
last name: Jones
name suffix:
birth date: 18 February 1895
social security number: 030-18-2009
place of issuance: Massachusetts
last residence: Massachusetts
zip code of last residence: 02185
death date: June 1971
estimated age at death: 76

'United States Social Security Death Index,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ JT5K-QZW : accessed 26 Nov 2012), Hattie Jones, June 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

name: Hattie G Jones
event: Death
event date: 21 Jun 1971
event place: Quincy, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 028937
birth date:
birthplace: Unknown Nativity
spouse:
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'Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,' index, FamilySearch...Read full story

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