Margaret Ellen KORCH

(b. 12 May 1906 , Thompson, Connecticut, USA d. 19 March 1972 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Margaret Ellen KORCH was born 12 May 1906 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Margaret Ellen KORCH was the child of Henry Emery KORCH and Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry KORCH and Elizabeth GRULKE (GUELKAO) (GRULKAO) (maternal) Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) and Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

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Margaret Ellen married Arthur Monroe SNOW . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Arthur Monroe SNOW was born 12 January 1906 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Arthur Monroe died 8 March 1975 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Arthur Monroe was the child of Monroe Harvey SNOW and Nellie M JEPSON.

Margaret Ellen KORCH died 19 March 1972 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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1906 Birth
12 May 1906
Thompson, Connecticut, USA

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

1910 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
name: Margaret Korch
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Austria
mother's birthplace: Austria
family number: 64
page number: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Henry Korch M 28y Austria
wife Elizabeth Korch F 25y Austria
dau Margaret Korch F 4y Connecticut
dau Elizabeth Korch F 1y Connecticut
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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: Margaret Kovak
[Margaret Korak]
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1907
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1920: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry Kovak
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's name: Elizabeth Kovak
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kovak 38
Elizabeth Kovak 35
Margaret Kovak 13
Elizabeth Kovak 11
Henry Kovak 7
Esther Kovak 6
Marion Kovak 2
[2 11/ 12]
Dorothy Kovak 1
[1 2/ 12]
John Techade 23
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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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Margaret Korch
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 23
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1907
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
mother's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
enumeration district number: 0293
family number: 750
sheet number and letter: 31B
line number: 87
nara publication: T626, roll 966
film number: 2340701
digital folder number: 4607702
image number: 00865
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Korch M 49 Czechoslovakia
wife Elizabeth Korch F 45 Czechoslovakia
daughter Margaret Korch F 23 Connecticut
daughter Elizabeth Korch F 21 Connecticut
son Henry Korch M 17 Connecticut
daughter Esther Korch F 15 Connecticut
daughter Marion Korch F 13 Massachusetts
daughter Dorothy Korch F 11 Massachusetts

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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 Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Margeret Snow
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Charlton Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 33
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1907
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 14-35
family number: 221
sheet number and letter: 11B
line number: 55
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1646
digital folder number: 005460918
image number: 00067
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Arthur Snow M 34 Massachusetts
wife Margeret Snow F 33 Connecticut
daughter Ellen Snow F 0 Massachusetts
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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

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

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

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.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

Death
name: Margaret Snow
event: Death
event date: 19 Mar 1972
event place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 012547
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birthplace: Connecticut
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'Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,' index, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZ58-XLZ : accessed 23 Jan 2013), Margaret Snow, 19 Mar 1972.
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