Mary Ellen CORCORAN

Born

26 May 1856 , Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Died

9 October 1917 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of Mary Ellen CORCORAN

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Born: 26 May 1856 in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Mary Ellen CORCORAN

Father

James Patrick CORCORAN

Mother

Catherine DONNELLY

Grandparents of Mary Ellen CORCORAN

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Maternal grandparents

Patrick DONNELLY Mary MORAN

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Mary Ellen married John Edward DONNELLY 6 January 1881 in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
John Edward DONNELLY was born 26 March 1852 in Holy Cross, Lancashire, Liverpool, England. John Edward died December 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Mary Ellen CORCORAN died 9 October 1917 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary Ellen CORCORAN

Mary Ellen CORCORAN married

John Edward DONNELLY
Marriage date: 6 January 1881
Marriage place: Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Children of John Edward DONNELLY and Mary Ellen CORCORAN

James Corcoran DONNELLY

Born: 9 December 1881, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 24 March 1952, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Isabelle O'REILLY

John William DONNELLY

Born: 3 August 1883, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 November 1972, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Grace Estelle ROBARGE 24 October 1910 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Francis DONNELLY

Born: 4 February 1885, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: May 1967, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Ethel Elinda ESTES

Joseph Aloysius DONNELLY

Born: 16 September 1887, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 9 March 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mary Valentine DONNELLY

Born: 14 February 1890, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 1971, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Charles Francis CAMPBELL 1919 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Ralph Edward DONNELLY

Born: 4 November 1891, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 September 1918, , France

Kathleen Louise DONNELLY

Born: 17 June 1895, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 20 April 1971, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edward Dennis CROWLEY 19 January 1922 Place: Manhattan, New York, USA

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Birth — 1856
26 May 1856
Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

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.

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

1881 Marriage / Partner
Mary Ellen CORCORAN and John Edward DONNELLY 6 January 1881, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

She was 24 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.

1881 Birth of Child
James Corcoran DONNELLY was born 9 December 1881, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 25 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
John William DONNELLY was born 3 August 1883, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 27 years old.

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

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

1885 Birth of Child
Charles Francis DONNELLY was born 4 February 1885, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 28 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Joseph Aloysius DONNELLY was born 16 September 1887, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 31 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 Birth of Child
Mary Valentine DONNELLY was born 14 February 1890, , Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 33 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

1891 Birth of Child
Ralph Edward DONNELLY was born 4 November 1891, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 35 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Birth of Child
Kathleen Louise DONNELLY was born 17 June 1895, , Massachusetts, USA

Mary Ellen was 39 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.

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

1910 Marriage of Child
John William DONNELLY married 24 October 1910, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Grace Estelle ROBARGE

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