Mabel Louise BROWN

(b. 30 June 1879 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA d. 28 October 1960 , Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA )

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Mabel Louise BROWN was born 30 June 1879 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Mabel Louise BROWN was the child of George Edgar BROWN and Julia Clark VERRY

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

Mabel Louise married Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK 2 February 1902 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK was born 11 August 1879 in Bergen Point, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. Theodore Clemens died 26 November 1936 in San Jose, California, USA. Theodore Clemens was the child of Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK and Arabella Adelaide OMOHUNDRO.

Mabel Louise BROWN died 28 October 1960 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mabel Louise BROWN married

Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK-- Date: 2 February 1902 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK was the child of Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK and Arabella Adelaide OMOHUNDRO

Date: February 09, 1902
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Worcester Daily Spy
Article type: Matrimony Notice

Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915
name: Theodore Clemence Wohlbruck
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 08 Feb 1902
event place: Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 22
marital status: Single
race:
birth date:
birthplace: Bergen Point, N. J.
marriage registration year:
marriage registration place:
estimated birth year: 1880
father: Theodore C. Wolhbruck
father's titles & terms:
mother: Arabella A. Omohundro
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Mabel Louise Brown
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's race:
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: George Edgar Brown
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Julia Verry
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
record number: 79
film number: 2057586
digital folder number: 4332428
image number: 00848
number of images:
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Children of Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK and Mabel Louise BROWN:

Virginia WOHLBRUCK (b.24 January 1903, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 September 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )
m. George Howard WILLARD 1923

Gretchen WOHLBRUCK (b.22 November 1904, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 April 1995, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Russell Fenton BATH 3 December 1925 in Rensselaer, New York, USA

Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK (b.2 April 1906, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 January 1985, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
m. Juanita Will HOOD 3 September 1934

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1879 Birth
30 June 1879
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Mabel Louise BROWN and Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK 2 February 1902, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

She was 22 years old.

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)

1903 Birth of Child
Virginia WOHLBRUCK was born 24 January 1903, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mabel Louise was 23 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1904 Birth of Child
Gretchen WOHLBRUCK was born 22 November 1904, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mabel Louise was 25 years old.

1906 Birth of Child
Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK was born 2 April 1906, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Mabel Louise was 26 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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Mabe L Wohlbruck
birthplace: Rhode Island
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Worcester Ward 2, Worcester, Massachusetts
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Rhode Island
family number: 157
page number: 7
Household Gender Age
spouse Theodore C Wohlbruck M 29y
Mabe L Wohlbruck F 25y
child Virginia Wohlbruck F 7y
child Gretchen Wohlbruck F 5y
child Theodor C Wohlbruck M 4y
Minnie Daly F 26y
Warren Daly M 11y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Mabel L Wohlbruck
residence: Precinct 5 Part Of Worcester City 2, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1882
age: 38
birthplace: Rhode Island
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820750
digital folder number: 4311575
image number: 00951
sheet number: 7
Household Gender Age
spouse Theodore L Wohlbruck M 39y
Mabel L Wohlbruck F 38y
child Virginia Wohlbruck F 16y
child Gretchen Wohlbruck F 15y
child Theodore C Wohlbruck M 13y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1925 Marriage of Child
Gretchen WOHLBRUCK married 3 December 1925, Rensselaer, New York, USA to Russell Fenton BATH

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

1936 Death of Spouse/Partner
Theodore Clemens WOHLBRUCK died 26 November 1936, San Jose, California, USA

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

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.

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.

1960 Death
28 October 1960
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 81.

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