Merle Ernest Sr SWETT

(b. 20 November 1908 , Waterville, Maine, USA d. abt. 1960 , )

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Merle Ernest Sr SWETT was born 20 November 1908 in Waterville, Maine, USA

Merle Ernest Sr SWETT was the child of Alvin Herbert SWETT and Jennie JENNESS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alvin Herbert SWETT and Marcia Ella ABBOTT (maternal) George JENNESS QUIRION and Rose Delima POULIOT

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Merle Ernest Sr married Gladys PRINCIPATO 19 November 1931 in Oakland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gladys PRINCIPATO was born 26 July 1908 in Oakland, Maine, USA. Gladys died 19 May 1985 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Gladys was the child of Salvatore Gaetan PRINCIPATO and Annie May WENTWORTH.

Merle Ernest Sr SWETT died abt. 1960
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Merle Ernest Sr SWETT married

Gladys PRINCIPATO-- Date: 19 November 1931 Place: Oakland, Maine, USA
Gladys PRINCIPATO was the child of Salvatore Gaetan PRINCIPATO and Annie May WENTWORTH

Children of Merle Ernest Sr SWETT and Gladys PRINCIPATO:

Merle SWETT (b.9 August 1932, Waterville, Maine, USA d. 2 February 2015, Chelsea, Maine, USA )
m. Donna WATSON

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Postcards and Memories of Waterville, Maine, USA

1908 Birth
20 November 1908
Waterville, Maine, USA

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)

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))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

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 Marriage / Partner
Merle Ernest Sr SWETT and Gladys PRINCIPATO 19 November 1931, Oakland, Maine, USA

He was 23 years old.

1932 Birth of Child
Merle SWETT was born 9 August 1932, Waterville, Maine, USA

Merle Ernest Sr was 23 years old.

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

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

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.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

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