Mary Elizabeth KEENAN

(b. 20 September 1890 , New York, USA d. 6 December 1933 , Brooklyn, New York, USA )

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Mary Elizabeth KEENAN was born 20 September 1890 in New York, USA

Mary Elizabeth KEENAN was the child of ? and ?

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Mary Elizabeth married William Laurence GAVIN 18 June 1911 in Kings, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William Laurence GAVIN was born 6 January 1888 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island). William Laurence died 7 June 1963 in Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA.

Mary Elizabeth KEENAN died 6 December 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA .
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Mary Elizabeth KEENAN married

William Laurence GAVIN-- Date: 18 June 1911 Place: Kings, New York, USA

Children of William Laurence GAVIN and Mary Elizabeth KEENAN:

Catherine Veronica GAVIN (b.7 January 1914, Brooklyn, New York, USA d. 29 June 1975, Forks, Clallam County, Washington, USA)
m. Joseph Leonard FINCHER 31 December 1934 in , California, USA

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1890 Birth
20 September 1890
New York, USA

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.

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.

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

1911 Marriage / Partner
Mary Elizabeth KEENAN and William Laurence GAVIN 18 June 1911, Kings, New York, USA

She was 20 years old.

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

1914 Birth of Child
Catherine Veronica GAVIN was born 7 January 1914, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

Mary Elizabeth was 23 years old.

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

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television