Birth
Name: Bertha Seraphin
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Sep 1919
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sex: Female
Father's Name: Jacob Seraphin
Mother's Name: Mary Korch
Certificate Number: 213
PAge: 506
Digital Folder Number: 005243613
Image Number: 00507
Citing this Record
'Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920', database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:QLGT-YCSK : 22 February 2021), Bertha Seraphin, 1919.
1920 - Webster, Massachusetts
Name: Pearl Seraphin
Age: 0
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Birth Year: abt 1920
[abt 1916]
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Street: Goddard Street
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Jacob Seraphin
Mother's Name: Marie Seraphin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
Jacob Seraphin
24 Husband
Marie Seraphin
19 Wife
Pearl Seraphin 0 Daughter
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Name: Pearl Korch
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Cleveland (Districts 1-250), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
District: 0048
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1921
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Household ID: 18
Line Number: 66
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 1764
GS Film Number: 2341498
Digital Folder Number: 004638903
Image Number: 00129
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John Korch M 31 Massachusetts
Wife Mary Korch F 27 Massachusetts
Daughter Pearl Korch F 9 Massachusetts
Daughter May Korch F 4 Ohio
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Name: Pearl Korch
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921
Gender: Female
Race: White
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Street: Vinton Avenue
Inferred Residence in 1935: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 5B
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Korch 39
Mary Korch 37
Pearl Korch 19
May Korch 14
1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1945 Marriage / PartnerPearl Marie (Bertha) KORCH (SERAPHIN) and Emery Joseph LUTCH 20 October 1945, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
She was 26 years old.
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.
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.
1967 Death
Name: Pearl M Lutch
Birth Date: Est. 1921
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence City: Strongsville
Residence County: Cuyahoga
Residence State: Ohio
Residence Country: United States
Death Date: 4 Jun 1967
Hospital of Death: Southwest General Hospital
City of Death: Berea
County of Death: Cuyahoga
Certificate: 43674
Age at Death: 46
Certifier: Physician
Autopsy: Yes, used for certification
Marital Status: Married
Census Tract: 0914
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
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