Belle Gilman WRIGHT

(b. 19 May 1879 , Richmond, Maine, USA d. 18 January 1929 , Lewiston, Maine, USA )

Am I Your Ancestor?
WRIGHT Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Belle Gilman WRIGHT was born 19 May 1879 in Richmond, Maine, USA

Belle Gilman WRIGHT was the child of Josiah Lister WRIGHT and Laura Frances BACHELDER

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

Belle Gilman married Roy Bertrand DUNN 9 August 1900 in Durham, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Roy Bertrand DUNN was born 3 July 1879 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills). Roy Bertrand died 29 July 1948 in Pasadena, California, USA. Roy Bertrand was the child of Charles Wesley DUNN and Sarah Amelia PENDEXTER.

Belle Gilman WRIGHT died 18 January 1929 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

photo/ portrait (above) from familysearch.org

Details of the family tree of Belle appear below.

Family and Children of Belle Gilman WRIGHT

[Hide/Show]

Belle Gilman WRIGHT married

Roy Bertrand DUNN-- Date: 9 August 1900 Place: Durham, Maine, USA
Roy Bertrand DUNN was the child of Charles Wesley DUNN and Sarah Amelia PENDEXTER

Children of Roy Bertrand DUNN and Belle Gilman WRIGHT:

Charles Wesley DUNN (b.19 September 1906, Poland, Maine, USA d. 24 August 1966, Auburn, Maine, USA )
m. Lillian Gertrude ANDERSON 20 June 1929 in , Maine, USA
m. Mary Etta PHILBRICK 1 October 1962 in , Maine, USA
m. Ruby A MCKENNEY 1 July 1965

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Belle Gilman WRIGHT
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Belle Gilman WRIGHT: Events, Photos & Historical Records

Are you related to Belle Gilman WRIGHT? Belle Gilman probably heard all about this.
Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
In 1900, people in Maine were talking about THIS. Read all about it.

1879 Birth
19 May 1879
Richmond, 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Belle Gilman WRIGHT and Roy Bertrand DUNN 9 August 1900, Durham, Maine, USA

She was 21 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 - 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.

1906 Birth of Child
Charles Wesley DUNN was born 19 September 1906, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Belle Gilman was 27 years old.

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

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