Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER

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August 1873 , Norwich, Connecticut, USA

Died

21 October 1941 , Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

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Philip DWYER Mary DONAHUE

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Born: August 1873 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA

Father: Philip DWYER

Mother: Mary DONAHUE

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Bridget Loretta "Rita" married James Henry WALSH 25 January 1930 in Milford, New Hampshire, USA . James Henry WALSH was born 25 July 1862 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. James Henry died 24 June 1943 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. James Henry was the child of James WALSH and Bridget DONNELLY.

Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER died 21 October 1941 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA.
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Bridget Loretta "Rita" DWYER married

James Henry WALSH
Marriage date: 25 January 1930
Marriage place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA
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James Henry WALSH was the child of James WALSH and Bridget DONNELLY

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Name: Ritta Dwyer

Gender: Female

Race: White

Marriage Age: 51

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Year: abt 1879

Birth Place: Norwich, Connecticut

Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1930

Marriage Place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Philip Dwyer

Mother: Mary Donahue

Spouse: James H Walsh

Name: James H Walsh

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marriage Age: 67

Record Type: Marriage

Birth Year: abt 1863

Birth Place: Leominster, Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1930

Marriage Place: Milford, New Hampshire, USA

Father: James Walsh

Mother: Bridget Donnelly

Spouse: Ritta Dwyer

New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947

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Birth — 1873
August 1873
Norwich, Connecticut, USA

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.

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

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 - 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.

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