flag female ancestor  Ruth Mae  FAIRBANKS

  (b. 19 July 1917 Rockingham, Vermont, USA   d. 3 December 1972 Colchester, Connecticut, USA )  

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Ruth Mae FAIRBANKS was born 19 July 1917 in Rockingham, Vermont, USA

Ruth Mae FAIRBANKS was the child of Harry Ralph FAIRBANKS   and   Anna May NEWELL

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Ruth Mae  married  James STETSON 15 February 1936 in Montpelier, Vermont, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James STETSON  was born 18 December 1910 in Claremont, New Hampshire, USA.  James died 4 October 1977 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville).  James was the child of Charles Samuel STETSON and Mary Eva CROSS.

Ruth Mae FAIRBANKS died 3 December 1972 in Colchester, Connecticut, USA .
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Ruth Mae FAIRBANKS married flag male ancestor James STETSON-- Date: 15 February 1936 Place: Montpelier, Vermont, USA
James STETSON was the child of Charles Samuel STETSON and Mary Eva CROSS




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birth1917 Birth
19 July 1917
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
marriage1936 Marriage / Partner
Ruth Mae FAIRBANKS and James STETSON 15 February 1936, Montpelier, Vermont, USA

She was 18 years old.
1937 Birth of Child
Robert James STETSON was born 29 October 1937, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Ruth Mae was 20 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.
marriage1959 Marriage of Child
Robert James STETSON married 10 January 1959, Hartland, Vermont, USA (North, Four Corners) (Fieldsville) (Jenneville) to Dorothy PERRY
News1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.
News1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
death1972 Death
3 December 1972
Colchester, Connecticut, USA

She died at the age of 55.
Added: 7/28/2025 11:03:16 PM - Updated: 8/19/2025 4:41:57 PM

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