Reginald Aubrey FESSENDEN

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6 October 1866 , East Bolton, Quebec, Canada

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22 July 1932 , Bermuda

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Elisha-Joseph FESSENDEN Clementina TRENHOLME

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Born: 6 October 1866 in East Bolton, Quebec, Canada

Father: Elisha-Joseph FESSENDEN

Mother: Clementina TRENHOLME

Paternal grandparents: Elisha Moss FESSENDEN , Alice Elsie TIBBITS

Maternal grandparents: Edward TRENHOLME , Mary Ann RIDLEY

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Reginald Aubrey married Helen May TROTT 21 September 1890 in Manhattan, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helen May TROTT was born 22 January 1866 in Bermuda. Helen May died April 1941 in Bermuda.

Reginald Aubrey FESSENDEN died 22 July 1932 in Bermuda.

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Recorded occupation: inventor, creator of AM radio

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Reginald Aubrey FESSENDEN married

Helen May TROTT
Marriage date: 21 September 1890
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA

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Reginald Kennelly FESSENDEN

Born: 7 May 1893, Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, USA
Died: 22 June 1945, Bermuda

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Birth — 1866
6 October 1866
East Bolton, Quebec, Canada

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)

1890 Marriage / Partner
Reginald Aubrey FESSENDEN and Helen May TROTT 21 September 1890, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

He was 23 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

1893 Birth of Child
Reginald Kennelly FESSENDEN was born 7 May 1893, Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, USA

Reginald Aubrey was 26 years old.

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)

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.

1906 - Reginald Fessenden - First AM Radio Broadcast
Fessenden reported that on the evening of December 24, 1906 (Christmas Eve), he had made the first of two radio broadcasts of music and entertainment to a general audience, using the alternator-transmitter at Brant Rock (Marshfield).

TELEPHONING WITHOUT WIRE
Another Miracle is Almost Ready for Commercial Use
(From the Denver News)

Hard upon the heels of wireless telegraphy comes the news that telephoning without the aid of wires is within sight. Reginald Fessenden has been conducting experiments in this line since 1898, and his latest and most successful test has been to carry on a conversation without wires over a distance of 10 miles. Plainly, if this can be done for 10 miles greater distances will require nothing more than greater perfection in the instruments used, and another thing that our grandmothers would have regarded as a miracle is almost ready to be stocked and bonded. Some of the difficulties in the way of this achievement may be appreciated from a brief...Read full story

Visit Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)

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)