Ida May ROBB

(b. 17 January 1887 , Guilford, Vermont, USA d. 24 April 1965 , Brattleboro, Vermont, USA )

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Ida May ROBB was born 17 January 1887 in Guilford, Vermont, USA

Ida May ROBB was the child of Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX) and Clara Slater MATTHEWS and the grandchild of: (maternal) William Henry MATTHEWS and Catherine SLATER

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

Ida May married Charles Victor GRANT 2 October 1907 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
They divorced. Charles Victor GRANT was born 11 January 1881 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Charles Victor died 30 October 1960 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro). Charles Victor was the child of Charles Henry GRANT and Julia Amanda SMITH.

Ida May ROBB died 24 April 1965 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA .

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Ida May ROBB married

Charles Victor GRANT-- Date: 2 October 1907 Place: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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Charles Victor GRANT was the child of Charles Henry GRANT and Julia Amanda SMITH

name: Charles Victor Grant
event: Marriage
event date: 02 Oct 1907
event place: , , Vermont, United States
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father:
mother:
spouse: Ida May Robb
spouse's father: Isaac Robb
spouse's mother: Clara Mathews
film number: 540138
digital folder number: 004357290
image number: 01083

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Charles Victor Grant and Ida May Robb, 1907.

They divorced 7 December 1923, Denver, Colorado

Children of Charles Victor GRANT and Ida May ROBB:

Alice Elizabeth GRANT (b.17 April 1913, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA d. 15 June 1965, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA )

Bayard Victor GRANT (b.3 May 1916, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA d. 14 September 2008, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA)

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1887 Birth
17 January 1887
Guilford, Vermont, USA

1887
name: Ida May Robadeau
event: Birth
event date: 17 Jan 1887
event place: , , Vermont, United States
gender: Female
age:
estimated birth year:
father: Isaac Robadeau
mother: Clara Mathews
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 540138
digital folder number: 004357290
image number: 00901

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XFQR-CZ2 : accessed 27 Feb 2013), Isaac Robadeau in entry for Ida May Robadeau, 1887.
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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.

1900 Guilford, Windham, Vermont
name: Bela May Robb
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 250 Guilford town, Windham, Vermont, United States
birth date: Jan 1887
birthplace: Vermont
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 1
sheet letter: B
family number: 27
reference number: 100
film number: 1241695
digital folder number: 004120614
image number: 00788
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Isaac Robb M 53 New York
wife Clara Robb F 52 New York
son Jewell C Robb M 16 Vermont
daughter Bela May Robb F 13 Vermont
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)

1907 Marriage / Partner
Ida May ROBB and Charles Victor GRANT 2 October 1907, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

She was 20 years old.

Ida May ROBB - 1907 marriage Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

1907 marriage
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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 Birth of Child
Alice Elizabeth GRANT was born 17 April 1913, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

Ida May was 26 years old.

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

1916 Birth of Child
Bayard Victor GRANT was born 3 May 1916, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

Ida May was 29 years old.

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 - 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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
name: Ida M Grant
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
gender: Female
age: 43
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Vermont
estimated birth year: 1887
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
enumeration district number: 0004
family number: 198
sheet number and letter: 9A
line number: 2
nara publication: T626, roll 2432
film number: 2342166
digital folder number: 4547830
image number: 00658
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Charles V Grant M 49 Massachusetts
wife Ida M Grant F 43 Vermont
daughter Alice E Grant F 16 Vermont
son Bayard V Grant M 13 Vermont
mother-in-law Clara M Robb F 82 New York
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.

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 of Spouse/Partner
Charles Victor GRANT died 30 October 1960, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

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

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

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.'

1965 Death
24 April 1965
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

She died at the age of 78.

Added: 2/24/2013 10:54:27 AM - Updated: 7/11/2025 5:21:53 PM