Dalva Hamit SWOPE

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18 April 1867 , Smithsburg, Maryland, USA

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21 January 1926 , Brockton, Massachusetts, USA

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Thomas Ephraim SWOPE Mary A BURNHAM

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Born: 18 April 1867 in Smithsburg, Maryland, USA

Father: Thomas Ephraim SWOPE

Mother: Mary A BURNHAM

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Dalva Hamit married Pauline Frances GREEN 22 April 1903 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pauline Frances GREEN was born 30 May 1881 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA (North Bridgewater). Pauline Frances died 25 July 1971 in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, USA (North Attleboro). Pauline Frances was the child of Paul F GREEN and Allie Vesta KEITH.

Dalva Hamit SWOPE died 21 January 1926 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA .
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Pauline Frances GREEN
Marriage date: 22 April 1903
Marriage place: Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Pauline Frances GREEN was the child of Paul F GREEN and Allie Vesta KEITH

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Aneta SWOPE

Born: 9 April 1904, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 29 May 1995, North Attleborough, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1867
18 April 1867
Smithsburg, Maryland, USA

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 - 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 : Delva H. Swope
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Cavetown, Washington, Maryland, United States
gender: Male
age: 13
marital status : Single
occupation : At Home
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Son
birthplace : Maryland, United States
birthdate : 1867
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name : Ephraim Swope
father's birthplace : Maryland, United States
mother's name : Mary Swope
mother's birthplace : Maryland, United States
page : 184
page character : C
entry number : 5178
nara film number : T9-0516
gs film number : 1254516
digital folder number: 004241682
image number: 00556
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Ephraim Swope M 40 Maryland, United States
wife Mary Swope F 43 Maryland, United States
daughter Emma Swope F 16 Maryland, United States
son Delva H. Swope M 13 Maryland, United States
son Lyson E. Swope M 10 Maryland, United...Read full story

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 - 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.

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)

1903 Marriage / Partner
Dalva Hamit SWOPE and Pauline Frances GREEN 22 April 1903, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA (North Bridgewater)

He was 36 years old.

1903
name: Dalva H. Swope
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 22 Apr 1903
event place: Brockton, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 36
marital status: Single
race:
birth date:
birthplace: Smithsburgh, Me.
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estimated birth year: 1867
father: Thomas E. Swope
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mother: Mary A. Buherna
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spouse: Pauline F. Green
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spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: Frank Green
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spouse's mother: Allie V. Keith
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record number: 110
film number: 2057588
digital folder number: 4332429
image number: 00707
number of images:

'Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N4H9-W8C : accessed 20 Feb 2013), Dalva H. Swope and Pauline F. Green, 1903.
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1904
name: Anita Swope
titles & terms:
event: Birth
event date: 09 Apr 1904
event place: Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
gender:
race: W
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father: Dalva H. Swope
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father's birthplace: Smithburg, Md.
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mother: Pauline F. Green
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mother's birthplace: Brockton
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volume/ page/ certificate number: v 544 p 142
film number: 2057437
digital folder number: 4341236
image number: 764

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXFP-VP8 : accessed 20 Feb 2013), Dalva H. Swope in entry for Anita Swope, 1904.
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1904 Birth of Child
Aneta SWOPE was born 9 April 1904, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA (North Bridgewater)

Dalva Hamit was 37 years old.

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 Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Dalva H Swope
birthplace: Maryland
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Brockton Ward 4, Plymouth, Massachusetts
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maryland
mother's birthplace: Maryland
family number: 136
page number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Dalva H Swope M 43y Maryland
wife Pauline F Swope F 29y Massachusetts
dau Aneta Swope F 6y Massachusetts
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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 Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Dalva H Swope
residence: Brockton City 4 Part Of, Plymouth, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1868
age: 52
birthplace: Maryland
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820725
digital folder number: 4301122
image number: 00323
sheet number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Dalva H Swope M 52y Maryland
wife Pauline Swope F 38y Massachusetts
dau Aneta Swope F 15y Massachusetts
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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

Obituary
“BROCKTON, Jan. 21 – Dr Dalva H. Swope, 58 years old, one of the best known physicians here, where he had practiced 37 years, died this morning at his home, 232 Perkins av, of a complications of diseases, among them heart trouble.

Dr Swope was born at Hagerstown, Md, and immediately after his graduation from the Boston University Medical School moved to Brockton, where he had since remained. Throughout that period of 37 years he had been a member of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M.

He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Miss Anita Swope; aged parents at Blue Springs, Neb; a brother, Dr Oscar Swope of Kingston, and two sisters, Mrs Emma Kascspeer of Blue Springs, Neb. And Mrs Jennie Palmerston, also of Nebraska.

The funeral will be at his home Saturday at 2 p.m.”

(DR DALVA H. SWOPE OF BROCKTON DEAD; Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, January 21, 1926)