Olene Sophia PETERSON

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December 1885 , Portland, Maine, USA

Died

4 November 1923 , Portland, Maine, USA

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Ole P Aas PETERSON Ingeborg C NILSON

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Born: December 1885 in Portland, Maine, USA

Father: Ole P Aas PETERSON

Mother: Ingeborg C NILSON

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Olene Sophia married Herman Frederick ST JERNQUIST 18 November 1905 in Portland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Herman Frederick ST JERNQUIST was born 31 December 1881 in Landskrona, Sweden. Herman Frederick died 18 January 1974 in Windham, Maine, USA.

Olene Sophia PETERSON died 4 November 1923 in Portland, Maine, USA .
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Olene Sophia PETERSON married

Herman Frederick ST JERNQUIST
Marriage date: 18 November 1905
Marriage place: Portland, Maine, USA

Children of Herman Frederick ST JERNQUIST and Olene Sophia PETERSON

Harold ST JERNQUIST

Born: 14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 18 August 1996, Oxford, Maine, USA

Married: Myra Lillian EVERETT 3 September 1938

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Birth — 1885
December 1885
Portland, Maine, USA

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.

1905 Marriage / Partner
Olene Sophia PETERSON and Herman Frederick ST JERNQUIST 18 November 1905, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

She was 19 years old.

1906 Birth of Child
Harold ST JERNQUIST was born 14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Olene Sophia was 20 years old.

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

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