Martin Bernard BREEN

(b. DECEMBER, 9 1900 , Portland, Maine, USA d. NOVEMBER, 29 1942 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 42
Cause of Death: DIED IN COCONUT GROVE FIRE IN BOSTON

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Martin Bernard BREEN was born DECEMBER, 9 1900 in Portland, Maine, USA

Martin Bernard BREEN was the child of Jeremiah W BREEN and Agnes A HARDING

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Martin Bernard married Florence Mae BARRON abt. 1937 . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Florence Mae BARRON was born SEPTEMBER, 21 1898 in Hillsvale, Nova Scotia, Canada. Florence Mae died MAY, 26 1989 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Florence Mae was the child of Stephen BARRON and Annie Hannah RILEY.

Martin Bernard BREEN died NOVEMBER, 29 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Occupation: BARTENDER COCONUT GROVE

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Martin Bernard BREEN married

Florence Mae BARRON-- Date: abt. 1937 Place:
Florence Mae BARRON was the child of Stephen BARRON and Annie Hannah RILEY

Children of Martin Bernard BREEN and Florence Mae BARRON:

Joan Florence BREEN (b.JUNE, 3 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. FEBRUARY, 2 2012, Rockland, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Paul Wilfred HOUDE

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1900 Birth
DECEMBER, 9 1900
Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

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

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 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1937 Birth of Child
Joan Florence BREEN was born JUNE, 3 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Bernard was 36 years old.

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 - 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)

Grave
Mount Hope Cemetery
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1942 Death
NOVEMBER, 29 1942
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 42.

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Martin is buried at: Mount Hope Cemetery

Lewiston, Maine, USA

Added: 5/29/2016 10:35:07 AM - Updated: 5/4/2021 11:49:52 AM

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