Lillian M WILLIAMS

(b. 5 June 1880 , Boothbay, Maine, USA d. 16 January 1950 , Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Lillian M WILLIAMS was born 5 June 1880 in Boothbay, Maine, USA

Lillian M 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

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

Lillian M married John I MCGRATH 24 October 1897 in Boothbay, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
John I MCGRATH was born abt. 1868 in Nova Scotia, Canada. John I died abt. 1956 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam).

Lillian M WILLIAMS died 16 January 1950 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA .
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Lillian M WILLIAMS married

John I MCGRATH-- Date: 24 October 1897 Place: Boothbay, Maine, USA
Name of Groom: John J. MCGRATH
Groom's Place of Residence: Boothbay Harbor, Me.
Name of Bride: Lilla M. WILLIAMS
Bride's Place of Residence: Boothbay Harbor, Me.
Marriage Date: Sunday, 24 Oct. 1897
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 5 Jun 2012), entry for John J. MCGRATH and Lilla M. WILLIAMS, Sunday, 24 Oct. 1897, citing Maine Vital Records.

Name: John I McGrath
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1873
Birth Place: Nova Scotia
occupation: seaman
Spouse: Lilla M Williams
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 16
Birth Place: Boothbay
occupation: domestic
Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1897
Marriage Place: Georgetown
Registration Place: Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
Father: John
Mother: Elizabeth
Spouse Father: Alvin

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Children of John I MCGRATH and Lillian M WILLIAMS:

John Alfred MCGRATH (b.9 April 1898, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. August 1954, Malden, Massachusetts, USA)

Eva Gertrude MCGRATH (b.16 June 1900, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. 11 April 1992, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Oscar Edwin DOUGLASS 27 July 1919 in , Maine, USA

Walter MCGRATH (b.4 March 1902, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. abt. 1930, )

Viola May MCGRATH (b.25 June 1904, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. abt. 1920, )

Alice Frances MCGRATH (b.15 February 1906, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. abt. 1930, )

Agnes MCGRATH (b.February 1908, Boothbay, Maine, USA d. 7 October 1908, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA )

Hattie Louise MCGRATH (b.15 August 1909, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 March 1987, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA )

James Arthur MCGRATH (b.30 October 1911, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA d. April 1973, , Florida, USA)

Lillian MCGRATH (b.17 November 1913, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1930, )

Margaret Ruth MCGRATH (b.abt. 1916, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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1880 Birth
5 June 1880
Boothbay, Maine, 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 Marriage / Partner
Lillian M WILLIAMS and John I MCGRATH 24 October 1897, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

She was 17 years old.

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Birth of Child
John Alfred MCGRATH was born 9 April 1898, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 17 years old.

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.

1900 Birth of Child
Eva Gertrude MCGRATH was born 16 June 1900, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Walter MCGRATH was born 4 March 1902, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 21 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)

1904 Birth of Child
Viola May MCGRATH was born 25 June 1904, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 24 years old.

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

1906 Birth of Child
Alice Frances MCGRATH was born 15 February 1906, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 25 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)

1908 Birth of Child
Agnes MCGRATH was born February 1908, Boothbay, Maine, USA (Boothbay Harbor)

Lillian M was 27 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1909 Birth of Child
Hattie Louise MCGRATH was born 15 August 1909, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

Lillian M was 29 years old.

1910 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
name: Lillian Mcgrath
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Gloucester Ward 4, Essex, Massachusetts
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 137
page number: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self John Mcgrath M 40y Canada
wife Lillian Mcgrath F 30y Maine
son John A Mcgrath M 12y Maine
dau Eva G Mcgrath F 9y Maine
dau Viola M Mcgrath F 8y Maine
dau Alice F Mcgrath F 6y Maine
dau Hattie L Mcgrath F 4y Maine
son Walter Mcgrath M y 8m Massachusetts
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1911 Birth of Child
James Arthur MCGRATH was born 30 October 1911, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

Lillian M was 31 years old.

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

1913 Birth of Child
Lillian MCGRATH was born 17 November 1913, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

Lillian M was 33 years old.

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

1919 Marriage of Child
Eva Gertrude MCGRATH married 27 July 1919, , Maine, USA to Oscar Edwin DOUGLASS

1920 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
name: Lillian Mcgrath
residence: Gloucester City Part Of Ward 4, Essex, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1878
age: 42
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820690
digital folder number: 4301086
image number: 00242
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self John Mcgrath M 52y Canada
wife Lillian Mcgrath F 42y Maine
son Walter Mcgrath M 17y Maine
dau Alice Mcgrath F 14y Maine
dau Louise Mcgrath F 10y Massachusetts
son Arthur Mcgrath M 8y Massachusetts
dau Lillian Mcgrath F 6y Massachusetts
dau Ruth Mcgrath F 3y11m Massachusetts
dau Viola Bradford F 17y Maine
Margaret A Bradford F 9m Massachusetts
Hannah Haskell F 29y Maine
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
name: Lillian Mc Grath
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 55
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1875
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0041
family number: 289
sheet number and letter: 14A
line number: 6
nara publication: T626, roll 896
film number: 2340631
digital folder number: 4606993
image number: 00214
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head John I Mc Grath M 64 Canada English
wife Lillian Mc Grath F 55 Maine
son John A Mc Grath M 32 Maine
son Walter E Mc Grath M 28 Maine
daughter Alice Hardy F 24 Maine
daughter Louise Hardy F 21 Massachusetts
son James And? Mc Grath M Massachusetts
daughter Lillian Mc Grath F 16 Massachusetts
daughter Margaret R Mc Grath F 13 Massachusetts
grandson Robert Mc Grath M 8...Read MORE...

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 - 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.

1947
living in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1947
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, January 6, 1947, Page 17

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 Death
16 January 1950
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 69.

1951
Name: John J McGrath
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1951
Residence Place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Spouse: Lillian M McGrath
Publication Title: Gloucester, 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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