Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN

(b. abt. 1874 , Maine, USA d. abt. 1952 , Connecticut, USA )

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Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN was born abt. 1874 in Maine, USA

Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN was the child of ? and ?

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Ethel Frances married Walter Miller CROWELL 24 November 1897 in Dexter, Maine, USA . Walter Miller CROWELL was born abt. 1874

Ethel Frances married (2) Walter Moody DAVIS 18 May 1904 in Maine, USA . Walter Moody DAVIS was born 10 November 1874 in Skowhegan, Maine, USA (Bloomfield). Walter Moody died 11 September 1947 in Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock). Walter Moody was the child of John Augustus DAVIS and Mary Louise MCFARLAND.

Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN died abt. 1952 in Connecticut, USA.
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Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN married

Walter Miller CROWELL-- Date: 24 November 1897 Place: Dexter, Maine, USA
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Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
name: Walter Miller Crowell
event type: Marriage
event date: 24 Nov 1897
event place: Dexter,Penobscot,Maine
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: Crowell
mother:
spouse: Ethel F S Blackden
spouse's father: Blackden
spouse's mother:
film number: 9922
dgs number: 4544000
image number: 01061

Children of Walter Miller CROWELL and Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN:

Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN married

Walter Moody DAVIS-- Date: 18 May 1904 Place: , Maine, USA
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Walter Moody DAVIS was the child of John Augustus DAVIS and Mary Louise MCFARLAND

Name of Groom: Walter M. DAVIS
Groom's Place of Residence: Lisbon Falls, Me.
Name of Bride: Ethel B. CROWELL
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Ethel BLACKDEN [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: Lisbon Falls, Me.
Marriage Date: Wednesday, 18 May 1904
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Ethel Blackden was married (1) to Walter M. CROWELL

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Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922
Groom's Name: Davis Walter M
Groom's Residence: Lisbon Falls, ME
Bride's Name: Blackden Ethel
Bride's Residence: Lisbon Falls, ME
Marriage Date: 18 May 1904
Certificate: 0

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Maine Marriages, 1892-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Maine State Archives. Maine Marriages 1892-1996 (except 1967 to 1976). Maine. Index obtained from Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Maine State Archives

Name: Walter Moody Davis
occupation: motorman
Spouse: Ethel Blaedon Crowell
Marriage Date: 18 May 1904
Marriage Place: Brunswick
Registration Place: Winslow, Kennebec
Birth Date: abt 1875
Age: 29
Spouse Age: 28
Father: William L
Mother: Ehie J
Spouse Father: Horace A
Spouse Mother: Mary

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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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 Marriage / Partner
Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN and Walter Miller CROWELL 24 November 1897, Dexter, Maine, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN and Walter Moody DAVIS 18 May 1904, , Maine, USA

1904
Mrs. Walter Davis of Lisbon Falls was in Lewiston yesterday.

The Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
Sun, June 7, 1904

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

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

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

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

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.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1947 Death of Spouse/Partner
Walter Moody DAVIS died 11 September 1947, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

Ethel Frances SMITH BLACKDEN - Grave Thanks to Sue Davis, Walter Moody, b. 1874, d. 1947, Sec #6 Smith, Ethel Frances, b. 1874, d. 1952, w/o Walter Moody Davis, Sec #6

Grave
Thanks to Sue

Davis, Walter Moody, b. 1874, d. 1947, Sec #6
Smith, Ethel Frances, b. 1874, d. 1952, w/ o Walter Moody Davis, Sec #6

Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Ethel is buried at: Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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