Nettie May GEORGE

(b. 26 September 1871 , Rockingham, Vermont, USA d. 10 August 1949 , Washington, DC, USA )

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Nettie May GEORGE was born 26 September 1871 in Rockingham, Vermont, USA

Nettie May GEORGE was the child of ? and ?

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Nettie May married Charles Henry ROBB 25 June 1897 in Rockingham, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles Henry ROBB was born 14 November 1867 in Malone, New York, USA. Charles Henry died 10 June 1939 in Washington, DC, USA. Charles Henry was the child of Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX) and Clara Slater MATTHEWS.

Nettie May GEORGE died 10 August 1949 in Washington, DC, USA.

Born in the Bellows Falls section of Rockingham

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Nettie May GEORGE married

Charles Henry ROBB-- Date: 25 June 1897 Place: Rockingham, Vermont, USA
Charles Henry ROBB was the child of Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX) and Clara Slater MATTHEWS

Children of Charles Henry ROBB and Nettie May GEORGE:

Roger ROBB (b.7 July 1907, Rockingham, Vermont, USA d. 19 December 1985, Washington, DC, USA)
m. Mary Ernst COOPER 1932

Priscilla ROBB (b.20 October 1914, Washington, DC, USA d. 20 November 2011, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Elliott Allen BILLINGS 5 October 1937 in Washington, DC, USA

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1871 Birth
26 September 1871
Rockingham, Vermont, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Nettie May GEORGE and Charles Henry ROBB 25 June 1897, Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport)

She was 25 years old.

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)

1907 Birth of Child
Roger ROBB was born 7 July 1907, Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport)

Nettie May was 35 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Washington, D.C.
name: Nettie W Robb
birthplace: Vermont
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Precinct 3, Washington, District Of Columbia
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: New Hampshire
mother's birthplace: New Hampshire
family number: 165
page number: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Charles H Robb M 42y New York
wife Nettie W Robb F 38y Vermont
son Roger Robb M 2y Vermont
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

1914 Birth of Child
Priscilla ROBB was born 20 October 1914, Washington, DC, USA

Nettie May was 43 years old.

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 Washington, D.C.
name: Nettie G Robb
residence: , , District of Columbia
estimated birth year: 1872
age: 48
birthplace: Vermont
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820206
digital folder number: 4295774
image number: 00900
sheet number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Charles H Robb M 52y New York
wife Nettie G Robb F 48y Vermont
son Roger Robb M 12y Vermont
dau Priscilla Robb F 5y District of Columbia
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 Washington, D.C.
name: Nettie J Robb
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
gender: Female
age: 58
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Vermont
estimated birth year: 1872
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: New Hampshire
mother's birthplace: New Hampshire
enumeration district number: 0085
family number: 45
sheet number and letter: 5B
line number: 62
nara publication: T626, roll 294
film number: 2340029
digital folder number: 4531898
image number: 00494
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Charles H Robb M 62 New York
wife Nettie J Robb F 58 Vermont
son Roger Robb M 22 Vermont
daughter Priscilla Robb F 15 District Of Columbia
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

1937 Marriage of Child
Priscilla ROBB married 5 October 1937, Washington, DC, USA to Elliott Allen BILLINGS

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.

1939 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles Henry ROBB died 10 June 1939, Washington, DC, USA

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)

Obituary
Obituary - New York Times - Aug 12, 1949

1949 Death
10 August 1949
Washington, DC, USA

She died at the age of 77.

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