Christine Felt GERRY

(b. 31 July 1871 , Robbinston, Maine, USA d. 11 August 1946 , Calais, Maine, USA )

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Christine Felt GERRY was born 31 July 1871 in Robbinston, Maine, USA

Christine Felt GERRY was the child of Elbridge Joseph GERRY and Sophia Teresa JONES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Seth GARY (GERRY) and Mary STETSON

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

Christine Felt married John Gregg BECKETT 31 July 1893 in Calais, Maine, USA . John Gregg BECKETT was born August 1865 in Calais, Maine, USA. John Gregg died 28 December 1912 in Calais, Maine, USA.

Christine Felt GERRY died 11 August 1946 in Calais, Maine, USA.
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Christine Felt GERRY married

John Gregg BECKETT-- Date: 31 July 1893 Place: Calais, Maine, USA
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Name of Groom: J. G. BECKETT
Groom's Place of Residence: Calais, Me.
Name of Bride: Christine GERRY
Bride's Place of Residence: Robbinston, Me.
Marriage Date: Monday, 31 July 1893
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 14 Jun 2012), entry for J. G. BECKETT and Christine GERRY, Monday, 31 July 1893, citing Maine Vital Records.

name: Beckett
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: ,,
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: John G Beckett
mother: Mary S Beckett
spouse: Gerry
spouse's father: E J Gerry
spouse's mother: Sophia Jones
film number: 9893
dgs number: 4543971
image number: 02700

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 12 Dec 2012), E J Gerry in entry for Beckett and Gerry, .

Married John Gregg Beckett (b: 1865 in Calais, Washington, Maine - 28 Dec 1912 in Calais, Washington, Maine)
date of marriage: 31 Jul 1893 in Calais, Washington, Maine

Children:
Charles L Beckett, b. Calais, Maine, d. 16 Jul 1946 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Children of John Gregg BECKETT and Christine Felt GERRY:

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1871 Birth
31 July 1871
Robbinston, 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 Robbinston, Washington, Maine
name: Christine Gerry
residence: Robbinston, Washington, Maine
birthdate: 1872
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Ellridge Gerry
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Sophia Gerry
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 8 years
occupation: At Home
nara film number: T9-0489
page: 156
page character: A
entry number: 2046
film number: 1254489
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Ellridge Gerry M 55 Maine, United States
wife Sophia Gerry F 41 Maine, United States
dau Mable Gerry F 20 Maine, United States
dau Nellie Gerry F 19 Maine, United States
dau Mary Gerry F 17 Maine, United States
dau Edith Gerry F 15 Maine, United States
son Seth S. Gerry M 13 Maine, United States
son Max K. Gerry M 11 Maine, United States
dau Christine...Read MORE...

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

1893 Marriage / Partner
Christine Felt GERRY and John Gregg BECKETT 31 July 1893, Calais, Maine, USA

She was 22 years old.

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.

1900 Calais, Washington, Maine
name: Christine Beckett
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 197 Calais city Ward 1-4, Washington, Maine, United States
birth date: Jul 1871
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 7
estimated marriage year: 1893
mother how many children: 6
number living children: 5
immigration year:
page: 34
sheet letter: B
family number: 704
reference number: 54
film number: 1240601
digital folder number: 004120201
image number: 00371
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head J Gregg Beckett M 35 Maine
wife Christine Beckett F 29 Maine
daughter Edith Beckett F 5 Maine
son Phillip Beckett M 4 Maine
son Percy Beckett M 4 Maine
son John G Beckett M 2 Maine
son Lawrence Beckett M 0 Maine
nurse Eliza Trott F 47 Maine
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 - 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)

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

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 Calais, Washington, Maine
name: Christeen T Beckett
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
residence: Calais Ward 3, Washington, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 28
page number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self John G Beckett M 45y Maine
wife Christeen T Beckett F 39y Maine
dau Edith Beckett F 15y Maine
son Philip Beckett M 13y Maine
son Percy Beckett M 13y Maine
son Jack Beckett M 11y Maine
son Lloyd Beckett M 10y Maine
son Charles Beckett M 9y Maine
dau Christine Beckett F 5y Maine
son Stephen Beckett M 1y Maine

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

1912 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Gregg BECKETT died 28 December 1912, Calais, Maine, USA

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 Calais, Washington, Maine
name: Christen G Beckett
residence: , Washington, Maine
estimated birth year: 1873
age: 47
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Widowed
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820650
digital folder number: 4301005
image number: 00077
sheet number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Christen G Beckett F 47y Maine
dau Edith Beckett F 24y Maine
son Philip Beckett M 23y Maine
son Percy Beckett M 25y Maine
son Floyd Beckett M 19y Maine
son Charles Beckett M 18y Maine
dau Christina E Beckett F 15y Maine
son Stephen Beckett M 11y Maine
son Paul Beckett M 8y 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

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 Calais, Washington, Maine
name: Christine G Beckett
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Calais, Washington, Maine
gender: Female
age: 58
marital status: Widowed
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1872
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0010
family number: 47
sheet number and letter: 2B
line number: 100
nara publication: T626, roll 840
film number: 2340575
digital folder number: 4584740
image number: 00614
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Christine G Beckett F 58 Maine
daughter Christine E Beckett F 25 Maine
son Stephen E Beckett M 21 Maine
son Paul W Beckett M 18 Maine

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

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.

1946 Death
11 August 1946
Calais, Maine, USA

She died at the age of 75.

Added: 6/14/2012 12:19:14 PM - Updated: 7/10/2025 2:43:20 PM