Martha Louise PECKHAM

(b. 23 February 1886 , Middletown, Rhode Island, USA d. 18 December 1929 , Orlando, Florida, USA )

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Martha Louise PECKHAM was born 23 February 1886 in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

Martha Louise PECKHAM was the child of Arthur Lewis PECKHAM and Mary Ella LEWIS

Martha Louise PECKHAM died 18 December 1929 in Orlando, Florida, USA.
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1886 Birth
23 February 1886
Middletown, Rhode Island, USA

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.

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 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Name: Martha P Ward
Event Place: Quincy Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Immigration Year:
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Household ID: 150
Page: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF John B Ward M 27y Rhode Island
WIFE Martha P Ward F 24y Rhode Island
DAU Majorie Ward F 1y 9m Rhode Island
Cleland Brooks M 18y Canada
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Name: Martha Ward
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Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Brookline Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Household ID: 289
Sheet Number: 13
GS Film number: 1820721
Digital Folder Number: 4301118
Image Number: 00453
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF John B Ward M 36y Rhode Island
WIFE Martha Ward F 33y Rhode Island
DAU Marjorie Ward F 11y Rhode Island
DAU Dorothy Ward F 9y Rhode Island
DAU Carrie Ward F 5y Massachusetts
Ella Peckham F 64y Rhode Island
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)

Death
Name: Martha P Ward
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Event Date: 18 Dec 1929
Event Place: Orlando, Orange Co., Fla.
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Race: White
Age (Original): 43y 9m 25d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1886
Birthplace: Middletown, R.I.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John B Ward
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Father's Name: Arthur L Pickham
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Father's Birthplace: Middletown, R.I.
Mother's Name: Mary L Lewis
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Mother's Birthplace: Newport, R.I.
Occupation: At Home
Address:
Residence Place: Winter Park, Fla.
Cemetery:
Burial Place: In A Vault
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GS Film number: 2135347
Reference ID: Vol 444 Cert. 19135

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