Bridget Delia FINUCANE

(b. 17 July 1870 , Clooneyogan, Clare, Ireland d. 28 October 1960 , Seattle, Washington, USA )

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Bridget Delia FINUCANE was born 17 July 1870 in Clooneyogan, Clare, Ireland

Bridget Delia FINUCANE was the child of ? and ?

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Bridget Delia married Ernest William MERKLE 28 April 1898 in Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ernest William MERKLE was born 22 August 1879 in Iowa, USA. Ernest William died June 1969 in Iowa, USA. Ernest William was the child of Ernest MERKLE and Magdelena SOUTHHEIMER.

Bridget Delia FINUCANE died 28 October 1960 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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Bridget Delia FINUCANE married

Ernest William MERKLE-- Date: 28 April 1898 Place: Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA
Ernest William MERKLE was the child of Ernest MERKLE and Magdelena SOUTHHEIMER

Children of Ernest William MERKLE and Bridget Delia FINUCANE:

Amy Inez MERKLE (b.29 July 1905, Buena Vista township, Clayton County, Iowa, USA d. 23 August 1993, Seattle, Washington, USA)
m. Edward Robert MARSH 6 September 1923

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1870 Birth
17 July 1870
Clooneyogan, Clare, Ireland

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 - 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)

1898 Marriage / Partner
Bridget Delia FINUCANE and Ernest William MERKLE 28 April 1898, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA

She was 27 years old.

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)

1905 Birth of Child
Amy Inez MERKLE was born 29 July 1905, Buena Vista township, Clayton County, Iowa, USA

Bridget Delia was 35 years old.

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)

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

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)