Lucy Maria ROBB (RUBADEAU)

Born

29 July 1869 , Malone, New York, USA

Died

21 January 1947 , Malden, Massachusetts, USA

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Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX)

Mother

Clara Slater MATTHEWS

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William Henry MATTHEWS Catherine SLATER

married (1) James Burns, divorced.

m. (2) 21 April 1909, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
George Frederick Root
(1866–1943)

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Birth — 1869
29 July 1869
Malone, New York, USA

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 Guilford, Windham, Vermont

Name: Lucy M. Robadeau
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original):
ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
birthPlace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1870
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name: Isaac Robadeau
father's birthPlace: New York, United States
mother's Name: Clarra Robadeau
mother's birthPlace: New York, United States
pAge: 375
page letter: A
entry number: 2375
affiliate Film Number: T9-1349
gs Film Number: 1255349
Digital Folder Number: 004244821
Image Number: 00244
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Isaac Robadeau M 33 New York, United States
wife Clarra Robadeau F 32 New York, United States
son Chas. Henry Robadeau M 12 New York, United States
daughter Lucy M. Robadeau F 10 New York, United States
son Wm. M. Robadeau M 8 New York,

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

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

Name: George F Root
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Apr 1909
Event Place: Everett, , Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Widowed
Race:
Birth Date: 1867
birthPlace: Brattleboro, , Vermont
marriage registration year:
marriage registration Place: Everett, , Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1867
father: Fred E Root
father's titles & terms:
mother: Isadore Field
mother's titles & terms:
Spouse: Lucy M (Robb) Burns
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's Race:
spouse's Marital Status: Divorced
spouse's father: Isaac Robb
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Clara S Matthews
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
record number: 5949
Film Number: 2315510
Digital Folder Number: 4329362
Image Number: 00387
number of images: 1

'Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N48J-H4L : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Isaac Robb in entry for George F

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1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Lucy Root
birthPlace: New York
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Everett Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Vermont
mother's birthPlace: Vermont
family number: 291
page number: 17
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self George F Root M 43y Vermont
wife Lucy Root F 40y New York
Pearl Burns F 17y Massachusetts
Raymond Burns M 15y Massachusetts

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Lucy R Root
Residence: City Of Melrose Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1870
Age: 50
birthPlace: New York
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820715
Digital Folder Number: 4301112
Image Number: 00678
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self George F Root M 53y Vermont
wife Lucy R Root F 50y New York
Raymond J Burns M 24y Massachusetts

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Lucy R Root
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: New York
estimated Birth Year: 1870
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
father's birthPlace: New York
mother's birthPlace: New York
enumeration district number: 0312
family number: 385
Sheet Number and Letter: 17B
Line Number: 74
nara publication: T626, roll 924
Film Number: 2340659
Digital Folder Number: 4607660
Image Number: 00623
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George F Root M 63 Vermont
wife Lucy R Root F 60 New York
lodger Halcyon Hartathorne F 55 Massachusetts

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: Lucy R Root
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 2, Medford, Medford City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 70
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthPlace: New York
estimated Birth Year: 1870
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 9-305
family number: 274
Sheet Number and Letter: 63B
Line Number: 47
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1611
Digital Folder Number: 005460883
Image Number: 00293
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George F Root M 73 Vermont
wife Lucy R Root F 70 New York

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.