Mary Etta PHILBRICK

(b. 3 April 1915 , Lewiston, Maine, USA d. 23 October 2009 , Lewiston, Maine, USA )

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Mary Etta PHILBRICK was born 3 April 1915 in Lewiston, Maine, USA

Mary Etta PHILBRICK was the child of Charles E PHILBRICK and Grace Agnus COBB and the grandchild of: (paternal) John Charles Herbert PHILBRICK and Mary Ann DURGIN (maternal) Ivory COBB and Harriet VERRILL

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

Mary Etta married Frank Bradford HAYES 22 December 1933 in Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Frank Bradford HAYES was born 24 September 1914 in North Yarmouth, Maine, USA. Frank Bradford died 15 October 2003 in Farmingdale, Maine, USA. Frank Bradford was the child of George Howard HAYES and Minnie Estelle DOLLOFF.

Mary Etta married (2) Charles Wesley DUNN 1 October 1962 in Maine, USA . Charles Wesley DUNN was born 19 September 1906 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills). Charles Wesley died 24 August 1966 in Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville). Charles Wesley was the child of Roy Bertrand DUNN and Belle Gilman WRIGHT.

Mary Etta married (3) Francis Joseph PRUE 2 June 1969 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA . Francis Joseph PRUE was born 2 June 1911 in Fairfield, Maine, USA. Francis Joseph died 7 January 2006 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Francis Joseph was the child of Edward PROULX and Josephine MATTHEWS (MATHIEU).

Mary Etta PHILBRICK died 23 October 2009 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

NOTE: Jessie Cobb was Mary Etta Philbrick's aunt. Jessie died before Mary Etta was born.

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Mary Etta PHILBRICK married

Frank Bradford HAYES-- Date: 22 December 1933 Place: , Maine, USA
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Frank Bradford HAYES was the child of George Howard HAYES and Minnie Estelle DOLLOFF

Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
MARY E PHILBRICK - Bride
FRANK B HAYES - Groom Dec 22, 1933 Maine, United States Marriage 0 LEWISTON LEWISTON ME ME

Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996

Children of Frank Bradford HAYES and Mary Etta PHILBRICK:

Kenneth Philbrick HAYES (b.25 June 1934, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA d. 17 May 2000, Veazie, Maine, USA)
m. Deidra MAYER 30 December 1961

Charles Bradford HAYES (b.19 March 1936, Gray, Maine, USA d. 1 June 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
m. Phyllis Elaine ALEXANDER 9 January 1955 in Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville)

Mary Etta PHILBRICK married

Charles Wesley DUNN-- Date: 1 October 1962 Place: , Maine, USA
Charles Wesley DUNN was the child of Roy Bertrand DUNN and Belle Gilman WRIGHT

Name of Groom: Charles W. DUNN
Groom's Place of Residence: (not given)
Name of Bride: Mary E. HAYES
Bride's Place of Residence: (not given)
Marriage Date: Oct. 1962
Marriage Certificate Number: 6153

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 17 Oct 2012), entry for Charles W. DUNN and Mary E. HAYES, Oct. 1962, citing Maine Vital Records.

Children of Charles Wesley DUNN and Mary Etta PHILBRICK:

Mary Etta PHILBRICK married

Francis Joseph PRUE-- Date: 2 June 1969 Place: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Francis Joseph PRUE was the child of Edward PROULX and Josephine MATTHEWS (MATHIEU)

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1915 Birth
3 April 1915
Lewiston, Maine, USA

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 Androscoggin County, Maine
name: Mary Philbrich
residence: , Androscoggin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1916
age: 4
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: New Hampshire
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820637
digital folder number: 4300992
image number: 00800
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
parent Grace Philbrich F 41y
Mildred Robinson F 17y
Roland M Robinson M 14y
Lawrence Robinson M 7y
Mary Philbrich F 4y

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

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)

1930 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Mary Philbrick
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Female
age: 15
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1915
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0028
family number: 357
sheet number and letter: 17A
line number: 26
nara publication: T626, roll 827
film number: 2340562
digital folder number: 4584727
image number: 00892
Household Gender Age
parent Grace Philbrick F 46
Lawrence Robinson M 18
Mary Philbrick F 15
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Mary E Philbrick
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 14
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1916
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Sister
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0086
family number: 80
sheet number and letter: 4A
line number: 18
nara publication: T626, roll 911
film number: 2340646
digital folder number: 4607008
image number: 00418
Household Gender Age
Roland M Robinson M 24
Florence C Robinson F 27
Barbara A Robinson F 3
Mary E Philbrick F 14

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Marriage / Partner
Mary Etta PHILBRICK and Frank Bradford HAYES 22 December 1933, , Maine, USA

She was 18 years old.

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)

1934 Birth of Child
Kenneth Philbrick HAYES was born 25 June 1934, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA

Mary Etta was 19 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Charles Bradford HAYES was born 19 March 1936, Gray, Maine, USA

Mary Etta was 20 years old.

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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Mary E Hayes
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Gray Town, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 24
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Wife
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1916
residence in 1935: North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine
enumeration district number: 3-29
family number: 151
sheet number and letter: 7A
line number: 26
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1474
digital folder number: 005462018
image number: 00812
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frank B Hayes M 25 Maine
wife Mary E Hayes F 24 Maine
son Kenneth B Hayes M 5 Maine
son Charles Hayes M 4 Maine
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1955 Marriage of Child
Charles Bradford HAYES married 9 January 1955, Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville) to Phyllis Elaine ALEXANDER

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 Marriage / Partner
Mary Etta PHILBRICK and Charles Wesley DUNN 1 October 1962, , Maine, USA

She was 47 years old.

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.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1966 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles Wesley DUNN died 24 August 1966, Auburn, Maine, USA (Danville)

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 Marriage / Partner
Mary Etta PHILBRICK and Francis Joseph PRUE 2 June 1969, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA (Strawbery Banke)

She was 54 years old.

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

2000 Death of Child
Kenneth Philbrick HAYES died 17 May 2000, Veazie, Maine, USA

Mary Etta was 85 years old.

2001 - George W. Bush becomes President of the United States

2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.

2003 Death of Spouse/Partner
Frank Bradford HAYES died 15 October 2003, Farmingdale, Maine, USA

2006 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francis Joseph PRUE died 7 January 2006, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Death
first name: Mary
middle name: E
last name: Prue
name suffix:
birth date: 3 April 1915
social security number: 006-24-4993
place of issuance: Maine
last residence: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
zip code of last residence: 04240
death date: 23 October 2009
estimated age at death: 94
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Obituary
LEWISTON — Mary E. Prue, 94, of Lewiston, died Friday, Oct. 23, at Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center.

She was born in Lewiston on April 3, 1915, the daughter of Charles and Grace (Cobb) Philbrick.

She was married to Francis Prue on June 2, 1969; he died on Jan. 7, 2006.

Mary loved working with children from the Chase Home for children in Portsmouth. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting and reading. Growing up, Mary's greatest joy was the Lewiston YWCA, on the corner of Pine and Bates Streets, where she went on trips and learned to embroider.

She was proud of her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Charles Hayes, and his wife, Phyllis, of Las Vegas; five grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by one son, Dr. Kenneth Hayes.

Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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