Edith Alice
PECKHAM
(b.
13 May 1898
,
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
d.
26 December 1972
,
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Edith Alice PECKHAM was born 13 May 1898 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Edith Alice PECKHAM was the child of Eugene Leander PECKHAM and Sarah (Sadie) Clark SWIFT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Samuel Gardner PECKHAM and Susan Amelia ALLENEdith Alice PECKHAM died 26 December 1972 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
m. 18 Jan 1920, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Edward Taylor Sears
(1894–1954)
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Name: Edith A. Peckham
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Event Date: 13 May 1898
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Father's Name: Eugene L. Peckham
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Name: Edith A. Peckham
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 13 May 1898
Event Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Gender: F
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Race: white
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Father's Name: Eugene L. Peckham
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Mother's Birthplace: Rochester, Mass.
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Reference ID: page 296 line 819
GS Film Number: 1843704
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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. 1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2) 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 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.1962 - 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.1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
1972 Death 26 December 1972
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 74.
Edith is buried at: Westport Point Cemetery, Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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