Rosa E WILLIAMS

(b. January 1872 , Boothbay, Maine, USA d. abt. 1950 , Quincy, Massachusetts, USA )

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Rosa E WILLIAMS was born January 1872 in Boothbay, Maine, USA

Rosa E WILLIAMS was the child of Alvin (Albion) John WILLIAMS and Willietta "Etta" FOWLES and the grandchild of: (paternal) John WILLIAMS and Harriet HUFF (maternal) Wilmot FOWLES and Phebe Royal TYLER

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Rosa E married Lendall Augustine MAINS 15 August 1892 in Georgetown, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Lendall Augustine MAINS was born 15 March 1868 in Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island). Lendall Augustine died abt. 1940 in Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island). Lendall Augustine was the child of William Henry MAINS and Margaret J PINKHAM.

Rosa E WILLIAMS died abt. 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
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Rosa E WILLIAMS married

Lendall Augustine MAINS-- Date: 15 August 1892 Place: Georgetown, Maine, USA
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Lendall Augustine MAINS was the child of William Henry MAINS and Margaret J PINKHAM

Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907

groom's name: Lendall Mains
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bride's name: Rosa M. Williams
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marriage date: 15 Aug 1892
marriage place: Georgetown,Sagadahoc,Maine
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indexing project (batch) number: M52243-1
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 10919
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Children of Lendall Augustine MAINS and Rosa E WILLIAMS:

Alton Edward MAINS (b.11 May 1893, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 2 December 1967, Freeport, Maine, USA)
m. Margaret Ann CLARK 13 January 1917 in Bath, Maine, USA

Hattie Geneva MAINS (b.18 February 1895, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 21 June 1971, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Melvin Blair JONES 6 February 1917 in Bath, Maine, USA

Bertha May MAINS (b.28 October 1896, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. , )
m. Clarence Paul STEWART 26 October 1916 in Bath, Maine, USA

Florence (Flossie) M MAINS (b.30 December 1898, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. May 1903, Georgetown, Maine, USA )

Abbie Alice MAINS (b.26 February 1901, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 21 January 1992, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Herbert Heald MCMANN 23 September 1916 in Bath, Maine, USA
m. Leonard Osborne QUINLAN 1930 in Abington, Massachusetts, USA

Florence Bell MAINS (b.14 May 1903, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 4 March 1963, Brunswick, Maine, USA)
m. Leforrest "Forrest" Edward GLIDDEN 15 May 1920 in Bath, Maine, USA

Walter Russell MAINS (b.3 May 1907, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 31 December 1992, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA )

Agnes Edith MAINS (b.21 April 1909, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. , )

Eleanor L MAINS (b.25 April 1912, Georgetown, Maine, USA d. 18 February 1914, Bath, Maine, USA)

Lendall Augustine MAINS (b.28 July 1914 , Bath, Maine, USA d. 16 October 1979, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Barbara ROSS 20 November 1935 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Rosa Emma MAINS (b.22 August 1920, Bath, Maine, USA d. 1 December 1979, Brunswick, Maine, USA)
m. Franklin "Frank" GRAFFAM 6 August 1937 in , Maine, USA

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1872 Birth
January 1872
Boothbay, Maine, USA

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)

1880 Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
name: Rosa E. Williams
residence: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine
birthdate: 1875
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Albion Williams
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Willietta Williams
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 5 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0483
page: 387
page character: B
entry number: 2370
film number: 1254483
Household Gender Age
parent Albion Williams M 28
parent Willietta Williams F 23
James F. Williams M 7
Rosa E. Williams F 5
Albion P. Williams M 4

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1892 Marriage / Partner
Rosa E WILLIAMS and Lendall Augustine MAINS 15 August 1892, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

She was 20 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1893 Birth of Child
Alton Edward MAINS was born 11 May 1893, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 21 years old.

1895 Birth of Child
Hattie Geneva MAINS was born 18 February 1895, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 23 years old.

1896 Birth of Child
Bertha May MAINS was born 28 October 1896, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 24 years old.

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.

1898 Birth of Child
Florence (Flossie) M MAINS was born 30 December 1898, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 27 years old.

1900 Arrowsic & Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Rosa Mains
titles & terms:
residence: Arrowsic & Georgetown towns, Sagadahoc, Maine
birth date: Jan 1874
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
spouse: Lendall A Mains
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthplace: Maine
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Lendall A Mains
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 7
estimated marriage year: 1893
mother how many children: 4
number living children: 4
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0204
page: 7
sheet letter: A
family number: 174
reference number: 50
film number: 1240599
image number: 00017
Household Gender Age
spouse Lendall A Mains M
Rosa Mains F
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Birth of Child
Abbie Alice MAINS was born 26 February 1901, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 29 years old.

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)

1903 Death of Child
Florence (Flossie) M MAINS died May 1903, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 31 years old.

1903 Birth of Child
Florence Bell MAINS was born 14 May 1903, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 31 years old.

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

1906 - Georgetown, Maine
Mains, Lendall G
Rosie E (Williams
Alton E stu
Hattie G pl
Bertha M pl
Abbie A pl
Florence B

The town register : Phippsburg, Georgetown, Arrowsic, West Bath, Westport, 1906, comp. by Mitchell, Daggett, Sawyer and Lawton.
Main Author: Mitchell, H. E. 1877-
Other Authors: Daggett, F. E. , Sawyer, George A.
Language(s): English
Published: Brunswick, Me., The H. E. Mitchell co., 1906.
page 170

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
Walter Russell MAINS was born 3 May 1907, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 35 years old.

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1909 Birth of Child
Agnes Edith MAINS was born 21 April 1909, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 37 years old.

1910 Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Rosa E Maines
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 231
page number: 11
Household Gender Age
Lendall Maines M 43y
Rosa E Maines F 36y
child Alton E Maines M 19y
child Hattie G Maines F 15y
child Bertha M Maines F 13y
child Abbie E Maines F 9y
child Florence B Maines F 7y
child Walter R Maines M 2y
child Agnes E Maines F 1y 4m

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Birth of Child
Eleanor L MAINS was born 25 April 1912, Georgetown, Maine, USA (Parker's Island)

Rosa E was 40 years old.

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

1914 Death of Child
Eleanor L MAINS died 18 February 1914, Bath, Maine, USA

Rosa E was 42 years old.

1914 Birth of Child
Lendall Augustine MAINS was born 28 July 1914 , Bath, Maine, USA

Rosa E was 42 years old.

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1916 Marriage of Child
Abbie Alice MAINS married 23 September 1916, Bath, Maine, USA to Herbert Heald MCMANN

1916 Marriage of Child
Bertha May MAINS married 26 October 1916, Bath, Maine, USA to Clarence Paul STEWART

1917 Marriage of Child
Alton Edward MAINS married 13 January 1917, Bath, Maine, USA to Margaret Ann CLARK

1917 Marriage of Child
Hattie Geneva MAINS married 6 February 1917, Bath, Maine, USA to Melvin Blair JONES

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 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Rosie E Mainer
residence: , Sagadahoc, Maine
estimated birth year: 1875
age: 45
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820649
digital folder number: 4301004
image number: 00060
sheet number: 21
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Lendall A Mainer M 52y Maine
wife Rosie E Mainer F 45y Maine
dau Florence B Mainer F 16y Maine
son Walter R Mainer M 12y Maine
dau Agnes E Mainer F 9y Maine
son Lendall A Mainer M 5y Maine

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

1920 Marriage of Child
Florence Bell MAINS married 15 May 1920, Bath, Maine, USA to Leforrest "Forrest" Edward GLIDDEN

1920 Birth of Child
Rosa Emma MAINS was born 22 August 1920, Bath, Maine, USA

Rosa E was 48 years old.

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 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Rosie Mains
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 57
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1873
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0095
family number: 374
sheet number and letter: 19A
line number: 41
nara publication: T626, roll 936
film number: 2340671
digital folder number: 4607672
image number: 00489
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Leondall Mains M 64 Maine
wife Rosie Mains F 57 Maine
son Wendall Mains M 17 Maine
daughter Rosie Mains F 9 Maine
son-in-law Forrest E Glidden M 29 Maine
daughter-in-law Florence B Glidden F 28 Maine
grandson Frederick Glidden M 9 Maine
granddaughter Lillian Glidden F 5 Massachusetts
granddaughter Rose L Carlson F 4 Massachusetts

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 - 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

1935 Marriage of Child
Lendall Augustine MAINS married 20 November 1935, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA to Barbara ROSS

1937 Marriage of Child
Rosa Emma MAINS married 6 August 1937, , Maine, USA to Franklin "Frank" GRAFFAM

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 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
name: Rose E Mains
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 1, Quincy, Quincy City, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 69
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1871
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 11-180
family number: 90
sheet number and letter: 5B
line number: 66
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1630
digital folder number: 005460902
image number: 00287
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Lendall Mains M 77 Maine
wife Rose E Mains F 69 Maine
son Alton Mains M 46 Maine
granddaughter Rose Carlson F 14 Massachusetts
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)

Death
Name: Rose E Maine
Death Date: 1951
Death Place: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 80
Page Number: 397
Index Volume Number: 115
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.115

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Grave

First Baptist Church Cemetery Georgetown Sagadahoc County Maine, USA

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Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Name: Rose E Mains, wid Lendall
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1951
Street Address: 4 Main
Residence Place: Quincy, Massachusetts
Spouse: Lendall A Mains
Publication Title: Quincy, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1951

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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Rosa is buried at: First Baptist Church Cemetery Georgetown Sagadahoc County Maine, USA

Added: 4/27/2012 11:40:25 AM - Updated: 3/26/2021 1:08:01 PM