Myrtle Norma ATHERTON

(b. 12 June 1910 , Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 4 September 1994 , Hollywood, Florida, USA )

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Myrtle Norma ATHERTON was born 12 June 1910 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Myrtle Norma ATHERTON was the child of Frederick Edward ATHERTON and Emma G WHALLEY

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

Myrtle Norma married Edward Crosley FEIGE 15 March 1930 in Petersburg, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edward Crosley FEIGE was born 19 February 1905 in Buckland, Massachusetts, USA. Edward Crosley died 24 July 1977 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. Edward Crosley was the child of Edgar Charles "Edward" FEIGE and Katherine A (Katie) PFERSICK.

Myrtle Norma ATHERTON died 4 September 1994 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.

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Family and Children of Myrtle Norma ATHERTON

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Myrtle Norma ATHERTON married

Edward Crosley FEIGE-- Date: 15 March 1930 Place: Petersburg, New York, USA
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Edward Crosley FEIGE was the child of Edgar Charles "Edward" FEIGE and Katherine A (Katie) PFERSICK

Name: Myrtle Atherton
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1930
Marriage Place: Petersburg, New York, USA
Spouse: Edward C. Feige
Certificate Number: 6330
Records Sharing Certificate Number:
Name
Myrtle Atherton
Edward C. Feige

Ancestry.com. New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

Name: Myrtle Atherton
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1930
Marriage Place: Rennselaer, New York, USA
Spouse:
Edward Crosley Feige
Volume: 9
Number: 23187

Ancestry.com. Web: Rensselaer County, New York, U.S., Marriage Index, 1908-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Children of Edward Crosley FEIGE and Myrtle Norma ATHERTON:

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1910 Birth
12 June 1910
Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Myrtle Norma ATHERTON and Edward Crosley FEIGE 15 March 1930, Petersburg, New York, USA

She was 19 years old.

1930 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
name: Myrtle N Atherton
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Boston (Districts 1-250), Suffolk, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 19
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1911
immigration year:
relationship to head of household:
father's birthplace: Connecticut
mother's birthplace: Canada
enumeration district number: 176
family number: 275
sheet number and letter: 3B
line number: 75
nara publication: T626, roll 947
film number: 2340682
digital folder number: 4607683
image number: 01037
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)

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1934
Street Address: 12 Cleveland
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934
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1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1935
Street Address: 125 Maple
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935
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1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1937
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1937
Street Address: 7 Park
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1937

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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 Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Name: Myrtle Feige
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Street: Conway Street
House Number: 33
Inferred Residence in 1935: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 61B
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward C Feige 35
Myrtle Feige 29
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1940
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1940
Street Address: 33 Conway
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1940

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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)

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1943
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1943
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1943
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Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1944
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1944
Residence Place: Greenfield; Turners Falls; Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1944

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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.

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1947
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1947
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1947

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

Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1948
Name: Myrtle N Feige
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1948
Residence Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:
Edward C Feige
Publication Title: Greenfield, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1948
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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

1977 Death of Spouse/Partner
Edward Crosley FEIGE died 24 July 1977, Hollywood, Florida, USA

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.

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

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

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

1994 Death
First Name: Myrtle
Middle Name: N
Last Name: Feige
Birth Date: Jun 12, 1910
Death Date: Sep 4, 1994
Age: 84
Death Location: Florida
Record Type: Death Record
Collection: Florida State Death Records

Source Information
Source: Florida Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics
Years: 1970 - 1998
Description: This collection of Florida death records was compiled by the Florida State Department of Health, and covers years 1970 to 1998. When available each record contains the name of the deceased, death date, location, birth date, and age at death.
Address: PO Box 210 Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042

Social Security
Name: Myrtle Norma Feige
[Myrtle N Feige]
[Myrtle Norma Atherton]
SSN: 026320971
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1910
Birth Place: Hartford, Connecticut
[Hartford|]
Father Name: Frederick E Atherton
Mother Name: Emma G Woalley
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Death Date: 4 Sep 1994
Death Certificate Number: 00000000000000000000013253
Claim Date: 13 Mar 1972
Type of Claim: Duplicate SSN - change or replacement.
Additional Information: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 13 Mar 1991: Name listed as MYRTLE NORMA FEIGE; 13 Mar 1972: Name listed as MYRTLE N FEIGE
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Myrtle Norma ATHERTON - Thanks to Robert Adlet Plot: Section 28, Lot Mausoleum 1 Inside

Thanks to Robert Adlet

Plot: Section 28, Lot Mausoleum 1 Inside

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Obituary
Union-News (Springfield, MA) - September 5, 1994
Deceased Name: Myrtle A. Feige, 84, former hospital nurse
Myrtle A. (Atherton) Feige, 84, a retired registered nurse at Franklin County Memorial Hospital (now Franklin Medical Center) in Greenfield, Mass., died Sunday at the home of her daughter after a short illness.

Born in Hartford, Conn., she was graduated from the Franklin County Memorial and Boston, Mass., City Hospital Schools of Nursing.

She leaves a son, Pete A. of Westfield, Mass., and daughter, Susan J. Feige of Charleston, W.Va.

A memorial service will be conducted here later, with burial in Greater Hollywood Memorial Gardens. Barlow, Bonsall-Johnson Funeral Home is in charge, and memorial contributions may be made to the Public Library Children's Division, 2600 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 33020.

Union-News (Springfield, MA) - September 6, 1994
Deceased Name: Myrtle N. Feige
Myrtle N. (Atherton) Feige, 84, a retired registered nurse at Franklin County...Read MORE...

Myrtle is buried at: Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens East

Hollywood, Florida, USA

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