Blanche Viola CATON

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5 April 1880 , Wiscasset, Maine, USA

Died

7 January 1914 , Gardiner, Maine, USA

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William Alden CATON Susan "Susie" Kyle FOSTER

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Born: 5 April 1880 in Wiscasset, Maine, USA

Father: William Alden CATON

Mother: Susan "Susie" Kyle FOSTER

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Blanche Viola married Charles Loring PUSHARD 5 March 1897 in Dresden, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Loring PUSHARD was born 6 October 1872 in Dresden, Maine, USA. Charles Loring died 24 April 1917 in Gardiner, Maine, USA. Charles Loring was the child of Loring Oliver PUSHARD and Abbie Ellen RINES.

Blanche Viola CATON died 7 January 1914 in Gardiner, Maine, USA.
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Blanche Viola CATON married

Charles Loring PUSHARD
Marriage date: 5 March 1897
Marriage place: Dresden, Maine, USA
Charles Loring PUSHARD was the child of Loring Oliver PUSHARD and Abbie Ellen RINES

Children of Charles Loring PUSHARD and Blanche Viola CATON

Jeanette Dorothy PUSHARD

Born: 21 December 1902, Gardiner, Maine, USA
Died: 13 June 1984, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Frank Juan CHAVARRY 16 February 1924 Place: Gardiner, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1880
5 April 1880
Wiscasset, Maine, USA

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
Blanche Viola CATON and Charles Loring PUSHARD 5 March 1897, Dresden, Maine, USA

She was 16 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)

1902 Birth of Child
Jeanette Dorothy PUSHARD was born 21 December 1902, Gardiner, Maine, USA

Blanche Viola was 22 years old.

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

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