Mae Alice KORCH

Born

4 May 1908 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Died

3 September 1972 , Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Age: 64

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Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH)Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

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Born: 4 May 1908 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH)

Mother: Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

Paternal grandparents: György KOVALCSIK , Borbala (Barbara) STRYCIKO (SZTRICSKO) (STRITZKO)

Maternal grandparents: George (György) TOMKO , Anna PASICSÁK (PASITSÁK)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mae Alice married Joseph John AGACKI 28 February 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph John AGACKI was born 25 July 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Joseph John died 9 January 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Joseph John was the child of Josef AGACKI and Julia SKONIECNZY.

Mae Alice married (2) Frederick "Fred" James SCHMIDT abt. 1946 . Frederick "Fred" James SCHMIDT was born 15 September 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Frederick "Fred" James died 2 January 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Frederick "Fred" James was the child of Fred Ceramuse SCHMIDT and Rose REKOWSKI.

Mae Alice KORCH died 3 September 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Mae Alice KORCH married

Joseph John AGACKI
Marriage date: 28 February 1927
Marriage place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Joseph John AGACKI was the child of Josef AGACKI and Julia SKONIECNZY

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Cuyahoga County, OH marriage records His parents: Joseph Agacki and Julia Scheck. Her parents: Andrew Korch and Elizabeth Tomko,

Name: Joseph Agacki

Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1927

Form Type: Marriage

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Birth Year: abt 1905

Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio

Father's Name: Joseph

Mother's name: Julia Scheck

Spouse's Name: Mae Korch

Spouse's Age: 20

Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1907

Spouse Father's Name: Joseph

Spouse Mother's Name: Elizabeth Tomko

Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 147-148; Page: 147; Year Range: 1926 Oct - 1927 May.

Children of Joseph John AGACKI and Mae Alice KORCH

Joseph AGACKI

Born: 4 June 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 9 December 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Donald Joseph AGACKI

Born: 28 September 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: 24 May 2001, Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Married: Florence V FRANTZ KOVACH 11 July 1951 Place: , Ohio, USA

Mae Alice KORCH married

Frederick "Fred" James SCHMIDT
Marriage date: abt. 1946
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Frederick "Fred" James SCHMIDT was the child of Fred Ceramuse SCHMIDT and Rose REKOWSKI

Children of Frederick "Fred" James SCHMIDT and Mae Alice KORCH

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Birth — 1908
4 May 1908
Webster, Massachusetts, USA

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
CT page 17 of 54 #589 Thompson (Wilsonville Village) Andrew Korch as farmer, age 44.
With wife, Elizabeth, 44, born in Austria, parents both born in Austria.
Sons, George, 15, and Edward, 18, Mary, 9 and daughter Mae, age 2.
George works in a woolen mill. Children all born in CT. Willard and Anna (Korch) Feige and family are living near them.

name: May Korch
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Austria
mother's birthplace: Austria
family number: 58
page number: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Andrew Korch M 44y Austria
wife Elizabeth Korch F 44y Austria
son George Korch M 15y Connecticut
son Edward Korch M 13y Connecticut
dau Mary Korch F 9y Connecticut
dau May Korch F 2y Connecticut
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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

Mae Alice KORCH - Evelyn Feige, Anna Feige, Mae Korch

Evelyn Feige, Anna Feige, Mae Korch

photos and papers belonging to Evelyn Feige Baker

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 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
Thompson, CT Windham county image 47 of 59 ED 350 roll T625_198 shows Andrew (last name spelled KOCH)
estimated birth year 1866 living with Elizabeth and Mary E., Edward, Mary (daughter-in-law) and Louise (granddaughter).
Andrew appears to be 53, b. Slovakland (northern Hungary), year of immigration 1886, parents b. Slovakland, farmer.
Elizabeth, 53, b. Slovakland, year of immigration 1886, parents b. Slovakland, mother tongue for both is Slovak,
Mary (or May) E. - age 11?, b. CT. abt 1909 or 1901,
Edward - around 23, b. CT abt 1897,
Mary (daughter-in-law), around 20, b. MA, parents born in Poland
Louise (granddaughter) 8 months old, b. CT, mother born in MA, father born in CT.

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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 Marriage / Partner
Mae Alice KORCH and Joseph John AGACKI 28 February 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

She was 18 years old.

Marriage Certificate - 1927 - Cleveland, Ohio - Thanks to Karyn from Ohio

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

1927 Birth of Child
Joseph AGACKI was born 4 June 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mae Alice was 19 years old.

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 Birth of Child
Donald Joseph AGACKI was born 28 September 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mae Alice was 21 years old.

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1929 Death of Child
Joseph AGACKI died 9 December 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mae Alice was 21 years old.

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930
Mae Agackiel, age 21, is living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. She was born abt 1909. Living with her are her husband: Joseph Agackiel, age 23, b. abt 1907. Children: Donald Agackiel b. abt 1929. They are living at 1735 West 29 Place
Rents - $14 a month. Other info: Joseph Agackie, age at marriage: 20, doesn't own radio,
b. OH, parents b. Europe, Painter - House, not a veteran
May, wife, 21, age at marriage: 18, b. MA, parents b. Hungary -- Donald, son, 6/ 12, b. OH
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)

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

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph John AGACKI died 9 January 1938, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Name: Mae Agacki
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Street: Walton Avenue
House Number: Up 3328
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 7A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 139
Household Members:
Name Age
Mae Agacki 31
Donald Agacki 10
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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 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1951 Marriage of Child
Donald Joseph AGACKI married 11 July 1951, , Ohio, USA to Florence V FRANTZ KOVACH

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

1972 Death
Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
name: Mae A Schmidt
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event: Death
event date: 03 Sep 1972
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event place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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residence: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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gender: Female
age: 64
marital status: Married
race: White
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autopsy performed: Yes, used for certification
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certificate number: 067508
volume number: 21007
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certifier: Physician
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Death
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Name: Mae Schmidt
Date of Birth: Monday May 04, 1908
Date of Death: September 1972
Est. Age at death: 64 years, 4 months
Last known residence:
City: Cleveland
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio
ZIP Code: 44113
Latitude: 41.4812
Longitude: -81.6984
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Connecticut
Number: 041-03-2970
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Grave

Brooklyn Heights Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

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Obituary
Id#: 0709702
Name: Schmidt, Mae A.
Date: Sep 5 1972
Source: Cleveland Press Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #153.
Notes: Schmidt. Mae A. Schmidt (nee Korch), beloved wife of Fred, dear mother of Donald Agacki, stepmother of Dorothy Pickert, Fred Schmidt Jr., Rosemary Krash of California, sister of Andrew and John Korch, grandmother and great-grandmother Friends may call at The Faulhaber Funeral Home, 7915 Broadview Rd. (At Sprague), where services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 9:15 A.M. and from St. Procop Church, 3181 W. 41st St., at 10 A.M. Visiting Hours. Tuesday 2-5 And 7-9 P.M.