Genealogy for
Marie Catherine Maher
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Marie Catherine Maher
1893 - 4/9/1952
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Marie Catherine Maher was born about 1893 in Erie County, New York and died on April 9, 1952 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. She lived to be 59 years old.
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 | Census | 6/5/1900 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 7 yrs old | page 9, #133 -Thomas Maher (age 39 - June 1860),
Margaret Maher (37 -July 1862),
Elmer Maher (12-Aug. 1887),
Marie Maher (7 - July 1892),
Carolina Maher (5 -Oct. 1894). All born in PA, except Carolina in NY. Thomas and Margaret have been married 15 years, had 5 children, 3 are living. Their address is 5 Sawyer Avenue. Thomas is a hotel keeper.
Servants - Mary Prock (16),
Frances Prock (19, Borders -
Peter Maher (26),
John Blackburn (23),
Michael Gearey (26),
Harry Underwood (25),
Conroy Gibbs (24),
William Gordan (30),
Michael Fitzgerald (23),
Ward Walsh (24),
John Sullivan (30),
Frederick Relya (31),
Charles Relya (27),
Richard Scanlon (24),
Albert Plant (29),
Thomas Mcpartlin (38),
Frank Jermey (28)
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| Census | 6/1/1915 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 22 yrs old | | page 25, line 42, #8 -
Mrs. Margaret Maher (age 49),
Henry D. O'grady (26),
Marie C. O'grady (22). All were born in US. Margaret does housework and Henry is a boiler marker at W.M.C.
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| Census | 1/10/1920 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 27 yrs old | | page 14, #269 -Henry O'grady (age 31),
Marie O'grady (27),
Henry O'grady (3),
Margaret O'grady (2),
Dorothy O'grady (0),
mother in law -Margaret Mahar (54),
border -George Dickerson (18). All born in NY, except Marie and Margaret.Henry is a riveter at a car shop. |
| Census | 6/1/1925 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 32 yrs old | | Page 33 - Henry O'grady (age 36),
Marie O'grady (32),
Henry O'grady (9),
Margaret O'grady (8),
Dorothy O'grady (6),
Donald O'grady (4),and
Mother -Margaret Mahar (59). All were born in the US, all are citizens. Henry works as a boilermaker, Marie is a housewife, children Henry and Margaret attend school, and mother Margaret does housework. They address is 52 Garfield St. |
| Census | 4/9/1930 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 37 yrs old | | page 10, #214 - Marie O'Grady (age 37),
Henry T O'Grady (14),
Margaret O'Grady (12),
Dorothy O'Grady (10),
Donald O'Grady (9),
Margaret Maher (63). Marie was born in PA, as were her parents. All children were born in NY. Marie is homemaker and a widow. She was married at age 23. The value of her home is $25, she rents and doesn't have a radio. Margaret was born in PA, her parents in Ireland, she is a widow. Their address is 16 Aurora St. |
| Census | 4/26/1940 | Lancaster NY (Erie County) | 47 yrs old | | Page 8 -#161 -Marie O'grady (age 47),
Henry O'grady (24),
Dorothy O'grady (20),
Donald O'grady (19),
Margaret Maher (74). All were born in NY, except Marie in PA. Their address is 16 Aurora Street. Henry's highest grade completed is the third year of High School, he works as a truck driver at the Battling tanks. Her income is $350 for 29 weeks worked. Dorothy's highest grade completed is the four year of High School, She works as a Saleslady at the Five & Ten Store. Her income is $341 for 31 weeks worked. Donald's highest grade completed is the third year of High School, he works as a Salesman at the Retail Grocery. Her income is $184 for 18 weeks worked.
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| Death Certificate | 4/9/1952 | Buffalo NY (Erie County) | 59 yrs old | | Name: Marie O'grady,
Age: 59,
Birth Date: abt 1893,
Death Date: April 9, 1952,
Death Place: Buffalo, New York,
Certificate Number: 22102 |
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| 2 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 4 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 7 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 7 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 9 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 10 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 11 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 19 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 20 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 21 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 31 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 33 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 34 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 35 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 43 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 45 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 53 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
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1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
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1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
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1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 20 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 24 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 26 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 46 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 48 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
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1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 36 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 37 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 39 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 42 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 46 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
| 51 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 52 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 24 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 26 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 27 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
| 45 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 46 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
| 52 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Henry O'Grady
Born on November 7, 1888 and died about 1926
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The Children of Marie Catherine Maher
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60 years old
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Dorothy Mary O'Grady
Born in Lancaster, New York on May 26, 1919 and died in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on January 4, 2005. She was 85 years old.
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