Catherine C "Kate" TOWNER

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16 November 1859 , Willsboro, Essex County, New York, USA

Died

9 November 1946 , San Francisco, California, USA

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Born: 16 November 1859 in Willsboro, Essex County, New York, USA

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Catherine C "Kate" married Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) 2 January 1878 in Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) was born January 1854 in Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA. Herman Henry died 19 March 1905 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Herman Henry was the child of David THÉRIAULT (TARRIO) and Mathildée (Mathilda) CORBIÈRE.

Catherine C "Kate" TOWNER died 9 November 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA.

daughter of Charles Towner and Margaret McGhee

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Catherine C "Kate" TOWNER married

Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO)
Marriage date: 2 January 1878
Marriage place: Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA
Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) was the child of David THÉRIAULT (TARRIO) and Mathildée (Mathilda) CORBIÈRE

Children of Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) and Catherine C "Kate" TOWNER

Irwin Arnold TARIEL

Born: 7 February 1880, Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA
Died: 26 July 1953, Sacramento, California, USA

Married: Ora Elizabeth HAMILL 1915

Margaret May TARIEL

Born: 14 October 1882, Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA
Died: 6 January 1932, Sacramento, California, USA

Married: Joseph William TACKITT 1903

George Herman TARIEL

Born: 3 October 1884, , New York, USA
Died: 31 October 1933, Sacramento, California, USA

Wilhelmina Emma "Mina" TARIEL

Born: July 1890, Sacramento, California, USA
Died: abt. 1977, San Francisco, California, USA

Roy Arthur TARIEL

Born: 24 August 1892, , California, USA
Died: 7 December 1929, Sacramento, California, USA

Elsie Belle TARIEL

Born: 3 April 1894, Sacramento, California, USA
Died: 21 July 1895, Sacramento, California, USA

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Birth — 1859
16 November 1859
Willsboro, Essex County, New York, USA

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Marriage / Partner
Catherine C "Kate" TOWNER and Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) 2 January 1878, Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA

She was 18 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Birth of Child
Irwin Arnold TARIEL was born 7 February 1880, Willsboro, Essex, New York, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 20 years old.

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.

1882 Birth of Child
Margaret May TARIEL was born 14 October 1882, Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 22 years old.

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

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

1884 Birth of Child
George Herman TARIEL was born 3 October 1884, , New York, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 24 years old.

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

1890 Birth of Child
Wilhelmina Emma "Mina" TARIEL was born July 1890, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 30 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Roy Arthur TARIEL was born 24 August 1892, , California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 32 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
Elsie Belle TARIEL was born 3 April 1894, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 34 years old.

1895 Death of Child
Elsie Belle TARIEL died 21 July 1895, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 35 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Herman Henry TARIEL (TARIO) died 19 March 1905, Boulder, Colorado, USA

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

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)

1929 Death of Child
Roy Arthur TARIEL died 7 December 1929, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 70 years old.

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.

1932 Death of Child
Margaret May TARIEL died 6 January 1932, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 72 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 Death of Child
George Herman TARIEL died 31 October 1933, Sacramento, California, USA

Catherine C "Kate" was 74 years old.

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

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

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

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.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Obituary
Catherine Brown, San Francisco Examiner, 11-7-1946, page 15:
Brown - In this city, November 6th, 1946, Catherine Brown, wife of the late August H. Brown, loving mother of Irwin A. Tariel and Mrs. Mina E. Lee; aged 86 years 11 months 20 days.

Remains will be forwarded today (Thursday), November 7th, from Anderson's, Valencia Street at 25th St., to Harry A. Nauman & Son Funeral Parlors, Sacramento, Calif., for services and interment.

Catherine Brown, Sacramento Bee, 11-7-1946, page 28:

Brown - In San Francisco, November 6, 1946, Catherine Brown, wife of the late August H. Brown, loving mother of Irwin A. Tariel and Mrs. Mina Lee of San Francisco, the late Margaret Tackett, George and Roy Tariel; a native of New York, aged 86 years.

Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Friday) at 10:30 A.M. from the chapel of Harry A. Nauman & Son, 2021 Twenty Eighth Street. Interment East Lawn Cemetery.
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Death — 1946
9 November 1946
San Francisco, California, USA
She died at the age of 87.

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