Elizabeth SHEAR

(b. 10 January 1862 , Germany d. 15 September 1925 , Versailles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA )

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Elizabeth SHEAR was born 10 January 1862 in Germany

Elizabeth SHEAR was the child of ? and ?

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Elizabeth married Adam SCHMIDT . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Adam SCHMIDT was born 25 December 1862 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Adam died 17 February 1948 in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

Elizabeth SHEAR died 15 September 1925 in Versailles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Elizabeth Anne SCHMIDT (b.25 April 1905, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 June 1989, Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA)
m. Thomas Francis LEDDY 1925

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1862 Birth
10 January 1862
Germany

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

1905 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Anne SCHMIDT was born 25 April 1905, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth was 43 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)