Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE

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12 April 1906 , North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Died

31 October 1995 , Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 89

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William Ernest FEIGE Margaret E KELLY

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Born: 12 April 1906 in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William Ernest FEIGE

Mother: Margaret E KELLY

Paternal grandparents: Carl "Charles" FEIGE , Grace Frances BAGARD

Maternal grandparents: John KELLY , Margaret DILLON

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Margaret Elizabeth married William Vincent MCDONOUGH 20 February 1939 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
William Vincent MCDONOUGH was born 3 June 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). William Vincent died 16 November 1985 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. William Vincent was the child of Peter MCDONOUGH and Mary O'DONNELL.

Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE died 31 October 1995 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
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Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE married

William Vincent MCDONOUGH
Marriage date: 20 February 1939
Marriage place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
William Vincent MCDONOUGH was the child of Peter MCDONOUGH and Mary O'DONNELL

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Name: Margaret Elizabeth Feige

Marriage Year: 1939

Marriage Place: Milford, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 62

Page Number: 49

Index Volume Number: 118

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.118

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Children of William Vincent MCDONOUGH and Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE

William Vincent MCDONOUGH

Born: 19 November 1939, Milford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 October 2010, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marcia Marie MCGINN 1962 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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1906 Birth
Father: William E, mother: Margaret E. Kelly, residence of parents: Pittsfield, occupation of father: foreman, place of birth of father: Pittsfield, Mass., place of birth of mother: North Adams

Pittsfield Birth Records 1844-1938 found at the Berkshire Anthenaeum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Feige, Margaret Elizabeth b. April 12, 1906
3 Orchard St
Pittsfield
b.p. North Adams, Mass
d/ o William E. foreman
Pittsfield
Margaret E. Kelly
North Adams

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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

Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE - William Feige and child, Margaret

William Feige and child, Margaret

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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

1919 - Mrs. William Feige and daughter, Margaret, of Milford, Mass., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slade on Thursday.

The North Adams Evening Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
Friday, July 25, 1919

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)

Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE - Name: Margaret Elizabeth Feige Estimated birth year: abt 1907 Estimated Age: 20 School: Boston University School Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Name: Margaret Elizabeth Feige
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Estimated Age: 20
School: Boston University
School Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Year: 1927
Yearbook Title: Hub

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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 - Miss Margaret Feige, teacher of English and Latin in the Milford, Mass., high school, spent Friday with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Slade.

The North Adams Evening Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1929

1929 - Miss Margaret Feige of Milford is visiting at the home of Mrs. Edward W. Ryan, 55 Franklin street.

The North Adams Evening Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
Friday, August 9, 1929

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)

1930 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Margaret E Feige
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 24
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1906
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 233
family number: 460
sheet number and letter: 23A
line number: 28
nara publication: T626, roll 964
film number: 2340699
digital folder number: 4607700
image number: 00272
Household Gender Age
parent William E Feige M 55
parent Margaret E Feige F 53
Margaret E Feige F 24

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1931
Name: Margaret E Feige
Residence Year: 1931
Street Address: 54 Bancroft av
Residence Place: Milford, Massachusetts
Occupation: Teacher
Publication Title: Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1931
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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)

Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934
Name: Margaret E Feige
Residence Year: 1934
Street Address: 54 Bancroft av
Residence Place: Milford, Massachusetts
Occupation: Teacher
Publication Title: Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934
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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

1935 - Mrs. William Feige and daughter, Margaret, of Milford have returned home after visiting at the home of Mrs. Feige's sister, Mrs. Edward W. Ryan of 55 Franklin street.

The North Adams Evening Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
Tuesday, December 24, 1935

Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1936
Name: Margaret E Feige
Residence Year: 1936
Street Address: 54 Bancroft av
Residence Place: Milford; Hopedale, Massachusetts
Occupation: Teacher
Publication Title: Milford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1936
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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.

1939 Marriage / Partner
Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE and William Vincent MCDONOUGH 20 February 1939, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

She was 32 years old.

Margaret Elizabeth FEIGE - 1939 marriage

1939 marriage

The Evening Gazette The Evening Post, Worcester, MA, Monday, February 20, 1939

1939 Birth of Child
William Vincent MCDONOUGH was born 19 November 1939, Milford, Massachusetts, USA

Margaret Elizabeth was 33 years old.

1940 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Name: Margaret E McDonough
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Chardon Road
House Number: 10
Inferred Residence in 1935: Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sheet Number: 8A
Household Members:
Name Age
William V McDonough 35
Margaret E McDonough 34
William V McDonough 4/ 12
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 - 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.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - Medford, Massachusetts
Name: Margaret E McDonough
[Margaret E Feige]
Age: 44
Birth Date: abt 1906
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Wm V McDonough
45 Head
Margaret E McDonough 44 Wife
William V McDonough
10 Son
Robert P McDonough
8 Son
Mary M McDonough
2 Daughter
Margaret E Feige
74 Mother-in-law
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1985 Death of Spouse/Partner
William Vincent MCDONOUGH died 16 November 1985, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

1995 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
name: Margaret E Mcdonough
event: Death
event date: 31 Oct 1995
event place: Weymouth, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 049204
birth date: 12 Apr 1906
birthplace: Massachusetts
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Obituary
MARSHFIELD -- Margaret E. (Feige) McDonough, 89, of Marshfield, formerly of Medford, a former Milford High School teacher, died Tuesday at South Shore Hospital, Weymouth.

Mrs. McDonough retired as a teacher in 1945.

She was a member of the ladies sodalities at St. Christine's Church in Marshfield and St. Joseph's Church in Medford.

Born and educated in North Adams, Mrs. McDonough lived in Medford before moving to Marshfield. She was a graduate of North Adams High School and Boston University.

Wife of the late William V. McDonough, she is survived by two sons, William V. McDonough Jr. and Robert P. McDonough, both of Marshfield; a daughter, Mary M. Campbell of Hingham; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Christine's Church. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Visiting is from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the MacDonald Funeral Home, 1755 Ocean St., Route 139.

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