Myra Ella MCCANN

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8 October 1872 , New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Died

February 1945 , Massachusetts, USA

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John Fred MCCANN Elizabeth BARTOLL

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Born: 8 October 1872 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Father: John Fred MCCANN

Mother: Elizabeth BARTOLL

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Myra Ella married Thomas SPELLER . Thomas SPELLER was born abt. 1869 Thomas died February 1935 in Massachusetts, USA.

Myra Ella MCCANN died February 1945 in Massachusetts, USA.

NOTE: Her brother, George, was county attorney at the time of the Jessie Cobb murder

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Birth
Name: Myra E. Mccann
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1872
Birthplace: New Gloucester, Maine
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John F. Mccann
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03041-1
System Origin: Maine-EASy
GS Film number: 9827
Reference ID:

'Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F497-BQS : accessed 14 February 2016), Myra E. Mccann, 08 Oct 1872; citing New Gloucester, Maine; FHL microfilm 9,827.
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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)

1880 - New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
Name: Myra E Mccann
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
District: ED 40
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Dau
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Birthplace: Maine, United States
Father's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 403
Sheet Number and Letter: 403A
Household ID: 4922644
Person Number: 3
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0478
GS Film Number: 1254478
Digital Folder Number: 005160739
Image Number: 00197

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John F Mccann Self M 37 Maine, United States
Elizabeth Mccann Wife F 36 Maine, United States
George E Mccann Son M 14 Maine,...Read full story

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1905
McCann, J. F., farmer, No
Elizabeth (Bartoll), ho
*Geo. E., law,Boston,Mass
*M. Ella, tr, Hancock Ho, Everett, Mass
Clarence L., farmer
McCann, C. L., farmer, No 1
Lid a C. (Butler), ho
Verna E., pupil
Myrtle

The Gray and New Gloucester register, 1905
archive.org/ stream/ graynewglouceste00mitch / graynewglouceste00mitch_djvu.txt

* indicates non-resident

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)

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.

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas SPELLER died February 1935, , Massachusetts, USA

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 - Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts
name: Myra Ella Speller
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 6, Everett, Everett City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 67
marital status: Widowed
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1873
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 9-150
family number: 48
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 18
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1605
digital folder number: 005460877
image number: 00399
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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
Can't see it all
Daily Boston Globe - Feb 11, 1945
Ella McCann widow of Speller Residence at 60 Summer st Funeral notice later
Daily Boston Globe - Feb 13, 1945
Myra McCann widow of Thomas Speller Residence 60 Summer st Funeral services will be held at the of Hennerson Co 517 Broadway Tuesday at 2:30 ...

Death — 1945
February 1945
Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 72.

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