Bertha May PERRY

(b. 23 February 1867 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 April 1936 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA )

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Bertha May PERRY was born 23 February 1867 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Bertha May PERRY was the child of Elisha Fairbanks PERRY and Mary Jane RANDALL

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Bertha May married Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN 10 October 1892 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN was born 2 July 1866 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Carl "Charles" Wilhelm died 11 December 1953 in Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Carl "Charles" Wilhelm was the child of August BERGMANN and Augusta Amalie FEIGE.

Bertha May PERRY died 15 April 1936 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.

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Bertha May PERRY married

Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN-- Date: 10 October 1892 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN was the child of August BERGMANN and Augusta Amalie FEIGE

He was 26, living in Webster, MA. She was 25, living in Worcester, MA. He was a jeweler, b. Pittsfield, MA; son of Augustus and Augusta. She was b. Worcester, MA; daughter of Elisha and Mary.

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Charles W. Bergmann
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Bertha M. Perry
bride's birth date:
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marriage date: 10 Oct 1892
marriage place: Webster, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Augustus
groom's mother's name: Augusta
bride's father's name: Elisha
bride's mother's name: Mary
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
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indexing project (batch) number: M01640-0
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 1651235
reference number:
source: familysearch.org

Children of Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN and Bertha May PERRY:

Olive M BERGMANN (b.31 May 1896, Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 August 1901, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)

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1867 Birth
Bertha M. Perry
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
birth: 23 Feb 1867 — Worcester, Massachusetts
residence: Mass, Massachusetts
parents: Elisha F., Mary J.
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1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Bertha M Perry
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Gender: Female
Age (Original): 3y
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elisha F Perry M 33y Connecticut
Mary J Perry F 30y Massachusetts
Flora Perry F 7y Connecticut
Nellie F Perry F 5y Connecticut
Bertha M Perry F 3y Massachusetts
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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)

1880 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Bertha Perry
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1868
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: Elisha Perry
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Mother's Name: Mary Perry
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Page: 307
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 2954
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0568
GS Film number: 1254568
Digital Folder Number: 004241650
Image Number: 00112
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Elisha Perry M 50 Connecticut, United States
Wife Mary Perry F 45 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Cora Perry F 16 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Nellie Perry F 14 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Bertha Perry F 12 ...Read MORE...

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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

1892 Marriage / Partner
Bertha May PERRY and Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN 10 October 1892, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

She was 25 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
Olive M BERGMANN was born 31 May 1896, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Bertha May was 29 years old.

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.

1900 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Bertha M Bergmann
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 1698 Webster town (southwest part), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: Feb 1867
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 7
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1893
Mother of how many children: 1
Number of Living Children: 1
Immigration Year:
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 157
Reference ID: 10
GS Film number: 1240695
Digital Folder Number: 004114469
Image Number: 00111
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles W Bergmann M 34 Massachusetts
Wife Bertha M Bergmann F 33 Massachusetts
Daughter Olive M Bergmann F 4 Massachusetts
Mother Augusta Timmerman F 56 Germany
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Death of Child
Olive M BERGMANN died 25 August 1901, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Bertha May was 34 years old.

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

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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Bertha Bergman
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1868
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Household ID: 315
Sheet Number: 14
GS Film number: 1820749
Digital Folder Number: 4311574
Image Number: 00033
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Charles Bergman M 53y Massachusetts
WIFE Bertha Bergman F 52y Massachusetts
Mary J Perry F 79y Massachusetts
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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)

1930 285 School St., Webster, Massachusetts
Bergmann, Charles W., head, owns house, value $10,000, age 63, married 25 years, able to read and write, b. MA, parents b. Germany, proprietor, electric store

Bergmann, Bertha M., wife, age 63, married 25 years, able to read and write, b. MA, father b. CT, mother b. MA
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Bertha M Bergmann
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
District: 0293
Household ID: 475
Sheet Number and Letter: 19B
Line Number: 78
Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 966
GS Film number: 2340701
Digital Folder Number: 4607702
Image Number: 00841
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles W Bergmann M 63 Massachusetts
Wife Bertha M Bergmann F 63 Massachusetts
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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

Death
Name: Bertha May Bergmann
Death Date: 1936
Death Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 89
Page Number: 311
Index Volume Number: 94
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.94

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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