Mabel TURNER

Born

16 May 1865 , Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA

Died

3 December 1943 , Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Born: 16 May 1865 in Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA

Parents of Mabel TURNER

Father

Seth TURNER

Mother

Emily Augusta HOLMES

Grandparents of Mabel TURNER

Paternal grandparents

Seth TURNER Lydia JONES

Maternal grandparents

Jesse HOLMES Nancy Dale DECARTERET

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

Mabel married Thomas Howard PEARSE 18 September 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Howard PEARSE was born 15 September 1862 in Leyford Farm, Staddiscombe, Devon, England. Thomas Howard died 29 November 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Mabel TURNER died 3 December 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mabel TURNER

Mabel TURNER married

Thomas Howard PEARSE
Marriage date: 18 September 1889
Marriage place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Source: ancestry.com

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 — 1865
16 May 1865
Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA

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

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

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Wilmington, Illinois

Name: Mabel Turner
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864-1865
BirthPlace: Illinois
Page Number: 3
Household ID: 19
Line Number: 18
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film Number: 000545791
Digital Folder Number: 004263294
Image Number: 00514

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Seth Turner M 39 Massachusetts
Emily Turner F 37 Massachusetts
William Turner M 12 Massachusetts
Jessie Turner F 11 Illinois
Mabel Turner F 5 Illinois
Isabella Holmes F 26 Massachusetts
Richard Sweet M 19 Ohio

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

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)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

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

She was 24 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

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)

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

Mabel was 42 years old.

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

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 Chicago, Illinois

Name: Mabel Pearse
Respondent: Yes
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Gender: Female
Race: White
BirthPlace: Illinois
Marital Status: Divorced
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Kenwood Avenue
House Number: 4700
Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 8A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 218
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 85
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Mabel Pearse 72
Mabel Catherine Pearse 49

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

Death

Name: Mabel Turner Pearse
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Event Date: 03 Dec 1943
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
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Father's Name: Seth Turner
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Mother's Name: Emily Holmes
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Spouse's Name: Howard Pearse
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Digital Folder Number: 4005271
Image Number: 1793
GS Film Number: 1953891
Reference ID: cn 34200

'Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,' database, FamilySearch.org

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