Amelia Bessie ACOCKS

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10 September 1889 , Argenta, Beverhead, Montana Territory

Died

2 January 1936 , Sparks, Nevada, USA

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Lamoni George ACOCKS Ellen JEFFS

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Born: 10 September 1889 in Argenta, Beverhead, Montana Territory

Father: Lamoni George ACOCKS

Mother: Ellen JEFFS

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Amelia Bessie married Albert Jacob LUNDBERG 4 June 1911 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Albert Jacob LUNDBERG was born 5 August 1885 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Albert Jacob died 17 December 1960 in Reno, Nevada, USA. Albert Jacob was the child of Carl Johan LUNDBERG and Anna M KROUTH.

Amelia Bessie ACOCKS died 2 January 1936 in Sparks, Nevada, USA.
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Amelia Bessie ACOCKS married

Albert Jacob LUNDBERG
Marriage date: 4 June 1911
Marriage place: Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Albert Jacob LUNDBERG was the child of Carl Johan LUNDBERG and Anna M KROUTH

Children of Albert Jacob LUNDBERG and Amelia Bessie ACOCKS

Ellen Ivie LUNBERG

Born: 21 January 1918, Sparks, Nevada, USA
Died: 16 February 2002, Carson City, Nevada, USA

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Birth — 1889
10 September 1889
Argenta, Beverhead, Montana Territory

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 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1911 Marriage / Partner
Amelia Bessie ACOCKS and Albert Jacob LUNDBERG 4 June 1911, Virginia City, Nevada, USA

She was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Ellen Ivie LUNBERG was born 21 January 1918, Sparks, Nevada, USA

Amelia Bessie was 28 years old.

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

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)

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

Death — 1936
2 January 1936
Sparks, Nevada, USA
She died at the age of 46.

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The name Montana is based on the Spanish word for mountain (montaña). Western Montana is forested and mountainous (part of the Rocky Mountain range), but the eastern section is a high barren plain. (statesymbolsusa.org)

1861 - President James Buchanan signed the bill creating the Dakota Territory. The Dakota Territory originally included the area covered today by North and South Dakota as well as Montana and Wyoming.

November 8, 1889 - Montana becomes 41st U.S. state

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