Julia Bickford FISK

(b. 24 June 1872 , Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA d. 6 July 1941 , Chicago, Illinois, USA )

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Julia Bickford FISK was born 24 June 1872 in Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA

Julia Bickford FISK was the child of Orville Thompson FISK and Salome Heath BICKFORD and the grandchild of: (maternal) John Milton BICKFORD and Comfort Weeks DROWN

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Julia Bickford married William DOUGLAS abt. 1896 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
William DOUGLAS was born 22 February 1857 in Nova Scotia, Canada. William died 12 August 1904 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Julia Bickford FISK died 6 July 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Julia Bickford FISK married

William DOUGLAS-- Date: abt. 1896 Place:

Children of William DOUGLAS and Julia Bickford FISK:

Martha Bickford DOUGLAS (b.17 September 1897, Maine, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA d. 17 September 1981, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA)

William Orville DOUGLAS (b.16 October 1898, Maine Township, Minnesota, USA d. 19 January 1980, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

Arthur Freeborn DOUGLAS (b.October 1902, Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA d. 9 March 1956, Shrewsbury, Vermont, USA )

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1872 Birth
24 June 1872
Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, 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)

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

1897 Birth of Child
Martha Bickford DOUGLAS was born 17 September 1897, Maine, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA

Julia Bickford was 25 years old.

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 Birth of Child
William Orville DOUGLAS was born 16 October 1898, Maine Township, Minnesota, USA

Julia Bickford was 26 years old.

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)

1902 Birth of Child
Arthur Freeborn DOUGLAS was born October 1902, Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

Julia Bickford was 30 years old.

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

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

1904 Death of Spouse/Partner
William DOUGLAS died 12 August 1904, Portland, Oregon, USA

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

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