Margaret OLSAVSKY

(b. 15 February 1908 , Cleveland, Ohio, USA d. 25 March 1992 , Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA )
Age: 84

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Margaret OLSAVSKY was born 15 February 1908 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Margaret OLSAVSKY was the child of Andrew OLSAVSKY and Mary KOVACS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Henry KORCH and Elizabeth GRULKE (GUELKAO) (GRULKAO)

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

Margaret married John Edward ZMECEK 22 August 1928 in Ohio, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Edward ZMECEK was born 9 February 1902 in Helvetia, Pennsylvania, USA. John Edward died 8 October 1988 in Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA. John Edward was the child of Michael ZMECEK and Anna VATASHA.

Margaret OLSAVSKY died 25 March 1992 in Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA.
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Margaret OLSAVSKY married

John Edward ZMECEK-- Date: 22 August 1928 Place: , Ohio, USA
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John Edward ZMECEK was the child of Michael ZMECEK and Anna VATASHA

Name: John Zmecek
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Aug 1928
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Age: 26
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1902
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Michael Zmecek
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Anna Vatata
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Margaret M Olsavsky
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Father's Name: Andrew Olsavsky
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Kovacs
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID:
GS Film Number: 001901659
Digital Folder Number: 004733002
Image Number: 00646

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 02 Dec 2013), John Zmecek and Margaret M Olsavsky, 22 Aug 1928; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference ; FHL microfilm 001901659.

Children of John Edward ZMECEK and Margaret OLSAVSKY:

Margaret Magdalen ZMECEK (b.28 March 1931, Cleveland, Ohio, USA d. 10 November 1997, Fort Mill, York, South Carolina, USA)
m. Gene Olimbio DIPIETRO 1950

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1908 Birth
15 February 1908
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Alpine Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1910 US Census shows Andrew Olzowski living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, age 29, b. abt 1881 in Hungary/ Slovak, parents b. Hungary/ Slovak, laborer in mills, year of immigration 1907, speaks Slovak
Mary Olzowski, wife, b. abt 1878, age 32, married 6 years, mother of 3 children, 2 living, b. Hungary/ Slovak, parents b. Hungary/ Slovak, year of immigration 1907, speaks Slovak
Son Joseph b. 1906, age 4, Hungary/ Slovak, year of immigration 1907
Daughter Margaret b. 1908, age 2, b. Ohio.
John Olzowski, brother, age 27, b. Hungary/ Slovak, year of immigration 1901, laborer in mills, speaks English
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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 Schale Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Andrew Olsowski, head, age 37, b. Slovakia, Slavish, parents b. Slovakia, Slavish, year of immigration 1900, laborer in rubber works
Mary, wife, age 32, b. Slovakia, Slavish, parents b. Slovakia, Slavish, year of immigration 1899
Joseph, son, age 13, b. Pennsylvania
Margaret, daughter, age 11, b. Ohio
Elizabeth, daughter, age 9, b. Ohio
Anna, daughter, age 6, b. Ohio
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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 Marriage / Partner
Margaret OLSAVSKY and John Edward ZMECEK 22 August 1928, , Ohio, USA

She was 20 years old.

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.

1931 Birth of Child
Margaret Magdalen ZMECEK was born 28 March 1931, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Margaret was 23 years old.

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 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Name: Margaret Zmicek
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 29, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 92-720
Family Number: 36
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 53
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3232
Digital Folder Number: 005460761
Image Number: 00436
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John Zmicek M 38 Pennsylvania
Wife Margaret Zmicek F 32 Ohio
Daughter Margaret Zmicek F 9 Ohio
Son John Zmicek M 5 Ohio
Mother-in-law Mary Zmicek F 63 Hungary
Sister-in-law Ann Zmicek F 25 Ohio
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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 Marriage of Daughter
Name: Charles E Miller
Titles and Terms: Sr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 07 Nov 1950
Event Place: Lake, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original):
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1928
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Charles E Miller
Father's Titles and Terms: Sr
Mother's Name: Geraldine Kruter
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Margaret M Zmecek
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1931
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Father's Name: John Zmecek
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Olsavsky
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID:
GS Film number: 2251750
Digital Folder Number: 005262002
Image Number: 02359

'Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K816-DMF : accessed 25 Jun 2013), John Zmecek in entry for Charles E Miller and Margaret M Zmecek, 1950.
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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

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1988 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Edward ZMECEK died 8 October 1988, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1992 Death
Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
name: Margaret M Zmecek
prefix:
suffix:
event: Death
event date: 25 Mar 1992
time of death: 10:15 AM
event place: , Lake, Ohio, United States
other event place: Home
registration state:
filing date: 10 Apr 1992
residence: Lake, Ohio, United States
street address:
residence postal code:
within city limits:
gender: Female
age: 84
marital status: Widowed
race: White
hispanic origin: Not Hispanic
literal other race:
industry: Homemaker, student, unemployed volunteer
education level: 8
occupation: Homemaker
armed forces:
branch of service:
social security number: 280-24-4425
birth date: 15 Feb 1908
birthplace: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
father's surname:
mother's surname:
injury in ohio: Yes
injury at work:
type or place of injury: Unspecified Place
hospital status: Other/ Residence
referred to coroner: Not Referred to Coroner
autopsy performed:
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Margaret is buried at: Concord Township Cemetery Concord, Lake County, Ohio, USA

Added: 5/28/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 7/10/2025 3:05:52 PM