Matthew GEIGER

(b. 9 May 1841 , Wortenburg, Germany d. 6 June 1919 , Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA )

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Matthew GEIGER was born 9 May 1841 in Wortenburg, Germany

Matthew GEIGER was the child of ? and ?

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Matthew married Mary Saloma GRIEBEL . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Saloma GRIEBEL was born 19 December 1844 in Baden, Germany. Mary Saloma died 22 January 1916 in Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA.

Matthew GEIGER died 6 June 1919 in Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA.
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Children of Matthew GEIGER and Mary Saloma GRIEBEL:

Anna GEIGER (b.8 October 1878, Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA d. 15 May 1957, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA)
m. Francis Eugene VORCE

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1841 Birth
9 May 1841
Wortenburg, Germany

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Anna GEIGER was born 8 October 1878, Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA

Matthew was 37 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

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)