flag female ancestor  Jane Edith  MCAVOY

  (b. 28 July 1911 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA   d. 21 February 1962 )  

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Jane Edith MCAVOY was born 28 July 1911 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jane Edith MCAVOY was the child of Louis Bertram MCAVOY   and   Myrtle Iva LESSARD

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Jane Edith  married  Paul Fredrick BENGTSON 26 November 1931 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul Fredrick BENGTSON  was born 19 September 1908 in Ellsworth, Pierce, Wisconsin, USA.  Paul Fredrick died 26 November 1983 in Minnesota, USA.  Paul Fredrick was the child of Johan Alfred BENGTSSON and Amanda Josephine PETERSDOTTER ÅHL.

Jane Edith MCAVOY died 21 February 1962
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Jane Edith MCAVOY married flag male ancestor Paul Fredrick BENGTSON-- Date: 26 November 1931 Place: 
Paul Fredrick BENGTSON was the child of Johan Alfred BENGTSSON and Amanda Josephine PETERSDOTTER ÅHL




Children of Paul Fredrick BENGTSON and Jane Edith MCAVOY:

flag male ancestor Lawrence Alan BENGTSON (b.4 October 1939, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA  d. 22 May 2003, Rushford, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA)
m. Living RAU 15 June 1968



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birth1911 Birth
28 July 1911
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
marriage1931 Marriage / Partner
Jane Edith MCAVOY and Paul Fredrick BENGTSON 26 November 1931,

She was 20 years old.
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1939 Birth of Child
Lawrence Alan BENGTSON was born 4 October 1939, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jane Edith was 28 years old.
Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 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.
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