Thomas Howard PEARSE

Born

15 September 1862 , Leyford Farm, Staddiscombe, Devon, England

Died

29 November 1950 , Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Born: 15 September 1862 in Leyford Farm, Staddiscombe, Devon, England

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Thomas Howard was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1882.

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Thomas Howard married Mabel TURNER 18 September 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mabel TURNER was born 16 May 1865 in Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA. Mabel died 3 December 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Mabel was the child of Seth TURNER and Emily Augusta HOLMES.

Thomas Howard PEARSE died 29 November 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

son of Thomas Pearse and Catherine Maria Rowe

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Thomas Howard PEARSE married

Mabel TURNER
Marriage date: 18 September 1889
Marriage place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Mabel TURNER was the child of Seth TURNER and Emily Augusta HOLMES

Marriage notes:

Name: Mabel Turner

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Birth Year: abt 1865

Marriage Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1889

Marriage Place: Cook County, Illinois

Spouse Name: T. Howard Pearse

Spouse Age: 27

Spouse Gender: Male

FHL Film Number: 1030184

Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Thomas Howard PEARSE and Mabel TURNER

Charles Kenneth PEARSE

Born: 30 July 1907, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: ,

Married: Jessie Ann PHILLIBER 15 December 1933

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Birth — 1862
15 September 1862
Leyford Farm, Staddiscombe, Devon, England

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 Marriage / Partner
Thomas Howard PEARSE and Mabel TURNER 18 September 1889, Chicago, Illinois, USA

He was 27 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

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)

1907 Birth of Child
Charles Kenneth PEARSE was born 30 July 1907, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Thomas Howard was 44 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (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)

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))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

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

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)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

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

1943 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mabel TURNER died 3 December 1943, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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

Death — 1950
29 November 1950
Chicago, Illinois, USA
He died at the age of 88.