Mary Elzina ORELL

(b. 17 October 1876 , Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 November 1950 , Wayne County, Michigan, USA )

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Mary Elzina ORELL was born 17 October 1876 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Elzina ORELL was the child of Maxime ORELL and Elmira PASSANEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine (Anthony) ORRILL (ORALE) and Margaret UNKNOWN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mary Elzina married Edward Adolf JENSEN abt. 1900 in Marinette, Wisconsin, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edward Adolf JENSEN was born 12 February 1876 in Michigan, USA. Edward Adolf died 9 April 1957 in Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Edward Adolf was the child of Jórgen JENSEN and Anna UNKNOWN.

Mary Elzina ORELL died 6 November 1950 in Wayne County, Michigan, USA.

NOTE: She had a brother, Joseph Benoil, born about 1857 in Canada, found with her in 1930 US Census

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Family and Children of Mary Elzina ORELL

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Mary Elzina ORELL married

Edward Adolf JENSEN-- Date: abt. 1900 Place: Marinette, Wisconsin, USA

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Edward Adolf JENSEN was the child of Jórgen JENSEN and Anna UNKNOWN

Name: Elzina Orell
Gender: Female
Spouse: Edward A Jensen
Child: Glenne Catherine Jensen
Film: 351
Film Title: 82 Wayne 393900-397199
Film Description: Wayne (Dates TBD)

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Name: Edward Adolf Jensen
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 12 Feb 1900
Event Place: , Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
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Race: White
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Birthplace: Menominee, Mich.
Father's Name: Georges Jensen
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Mother's Name: Catherine Peterson
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Spouse's Name: Elzina Mary Orell
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Spouse's Race: White
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Spouse's Birthplace: Haverhill, Mass.
Spouse's Father's Name: Maxime Orell
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Elmire
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Reference ID: 1292023 file 02038
GS Film Number: 1292023
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Digital Folder Number: 007615080
Image Number: 00089

"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch.org : accessed 10 June 2016), Edward Adolf Jensen and Elzina Mary Orell, 12 Feb 1900; citing , Marinette, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,292,023.

Children of Edward Adolf JENSEN and Mary Elzina ORELL:

Viola Marie JENSEN (b.11 December 1900, , Wisconsin, USA d. 24 May 1950, Wayne County, Michigan, USA)
m. Victor Walter TEMEROWSKI 30 May 1921

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Birth
Name: Mary E Orell
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1876
Birth Place: Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Maxime Orell
Mother: Emma

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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 - Lincoln, California
Name: Alzina Orell
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Lincoln, Placer, California, United States
District: ED 70
Gender: Female
Age: 4
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation:
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Other
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
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Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 275
Sheet Number and Letter: 275A
Household ID: 4341167
Person Number: 3
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0070
GS Film Number: 1254070
Digital Folder Number: 005157288
Image Number: 00556

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Levi Boyer Self M 44 New York, United States
Frezin Boyer Wife F 30 Canada
Elmira Orell Sister-in-law F 28 Canada
Alzina Orell Other F 4 Massachusetts,...Read MORE...

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

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.

1900 - Marinette, Wisconsin
Name Elzina Jensen
Age 23
Birth Date Oct 1876
Birthplace Massachusetts
Home in 1900 Marinette Ward 3, Marinette, Wisconsin
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Wife
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Edward Jensen
Marriage Year 1900
Years Married 0
Father's Birthplace Canada English
Mother's Birthplace Canada, England
Mother: number of living children 0
Mother: How many children 0
Household Members
Name Age
Edward Jensen 24
Elzina Jensen 23
Joe Pellant 23
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1900 Birth of Child
Viola Marie JENSEN was born 11 December 1900, , Wisconsin, USA

Mary Elzina was 24 years old.

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

1910 - Menominee, Michigan
Name Elzina M Jenson
Age in 1910 34
Birth Year abt 1876
Birthplace Massachusetts
Home in 1910 Menominee Ward 7, Menominee, Michigan
Street Stephenson Ave
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Wife
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Edward A Jenson
Father's Birthplace Canada English
Mother's Birthplace Canada English
Native Tongue English
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Years Married 10
Number of Children Born 3
Number of Children Living 3
Household Members
Name Age
Edward A Jenson 35
Elzina M Jenson 34
Viola M Jenson 9
Orvell H Jenson 7
George E Jenson 2
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Detroit, Michigan
Name Elgina Janson
Age 41
Birth Year abt 1879
Birthplace Massachusetts
Home in 1920 Detroit Ward 9, Wayne, Michigan
Street St Aubin
Race White
Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Wife
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Edward Janson
Father's Birthplace Michigan
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts
Able to Speak English Yes
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members
Name Age
Edward Janson 42
Elgina Janson 41
Viola Janson 19
Orell Janson 17
Glenna Janson 7
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Detroit, Michigan
Name: Elizabeth M Jensen
Birth Year: abt 1877
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Pasadena
Ward of City: 6
Block: 10
House Number in Cities or Towns: 1688
Dwelling Number: 49
Family Number: 56
Age at First Marriage: 23
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Language Spoken: French
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward A Jensen 54
Elizabeth M Jensen 53
Glennie Jensen 18
Joseph Benoil 73
Cardelia Benoil 45
Romeo Casparri 40

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 - Detroit, Michigan
Name: Elzina Jensen
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Pasadena Avenue
House Number: 1688
Inferred Residence in 1935: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 5B
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Jensen 64
Elzina Jensen 63
Glenn C Jensen 27

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)

Death
Name: Elzina Orell Jensen
[Elzina Orell Orell]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: Oct, 1876
Birth Place: Massachusettss
Death Date: 6 Nov 1950
Death Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Death Age: 74
File Number: 417403
Father: Maxime Orell
Mother: Elmira Passaneau

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Added: 6/10/2016 6:22:29 PM - Updated: 7/10/2025 2:22:34 PM