Genealogy for
Rudolph Thiel
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Rudolph Thiel
1866 - 1966
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Rudolph Thiel was born about 1866 in an unknown place overseas in Germany and died in an unknown year in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated.
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 | Census | 6/5/1900 | Detroit MI (Wayne County) | 34 yrs old | | Household number 113 and Dwelling number 146.
Charles Yerger (age 42, Oct 1857 listed as Head)
Mary Yerger (age 37, Mar 1863),
Charles Yerger (age 16, Dec 1883,
Annie Yerger (age 15, Nov 1884),
Helena Yerger (age 11, Apr 1889),
William Yerger (age 10, May 1890),
Arthur Yerger (age 8, May 1892).
The report states that Charles and Mary have been married 11 years and she has had 2 children and both are alive. These two families are listed together, it lists Charles as head and Rudolph as son.
Rudolph Thiel (age 33, Jun 1866),
Martha Thiel (age 31, Feb 1869),
Walter Thiel (9, Jul 1890),
Alfred Thiel (7, Apr 1893),
Paul Thiel (5, Mar 1895), and
Arthur Thiel (2, Jun 1898).
The report states that Rudolph and Martha have been married for 11 years, and that Martha has had 5 children and 4 are surviving. Rudolph, Martha and their oldest Walter were born in Germany, the three youngest were born in Michigan. Rudolph, Martha, and Walter moved to the US in 1892, they have been in the US for 8 years. Rudolph is working as a Carpenter, and Walter is listed as attending school. The Family can all read and write English. They are listed as renting the house they are living in.
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| Census | 4/23/1910 | Detroit MI (Wyane County) | 44 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #595: Rudolph Theil (age 44),
Martha (41),
Walter (19),
Alfred (16),
Paul (15),
Arthur (12),
Elsie (9), and
Rudolph Thiel Jr. (8).
Martha has given birth to 7 children and 6 are still living. Rudolph, Martha and their oldest son were born in Germany. The 16 year old and younger were born in Michigan. Rudolph and Martha's parents were also born in Germany. Rudolph is working as a cabinet maker; Walter is working as tinsmiths in a shipyard; Alfred is working as an apprentice lithographer; and Paul is working as an apprentice ????? [print is too blurry to read]. The family speaks English, the children have been attending school and only the younger children can read and write. |
| Census | 1/8/1920 | Detroit MI (Wayne County) | 54 yrs old | | Dwelling number 100 household 133:
Harry Prisk, his wife and son are listed as renting.
Household 134:
Rudolph Thiel (age 54),
Martha Thiel (age 50),
Paul Thiel (age 25),
Elsie Thiel (age 17),
Rudolph Thiel (age 17).
This states that in 1900. |
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| 3 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 11 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 13 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 23 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 29 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 31 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 34 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 34 |
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. |
| 35 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 36 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 37 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 38 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 40 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 40 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 40 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 46 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 47 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 48 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 57 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 57 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 58 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 60 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 61 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 62 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 70 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 72 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 80 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 81 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 85 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 86 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 91 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 94 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 96 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 99 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
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| 16 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 19 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 42 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 46 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 47 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 51 |
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. |
| 53 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 72 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 73 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 75 |
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. |
| 84 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 89 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 94 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 97 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
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| 2 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 9 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 10 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 43 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 44 |
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. |
| 61 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 63 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 64 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 66 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 67 |
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! |
| 68 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 68 |
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. |
| 69 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 73 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 77 |
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. |
| 78 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 79 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 88 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
| 96 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 100 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
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| 43 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 48 |
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. |
| 51 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 53 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 54 |
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. |
| 72 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 79 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Martha Unknown (Theil)
Born about 1869 and died about 1969
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The Children of Rudolph Thiel
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Alfred Robert Thiel
Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 24, 1893 and died in Mount Clemens, Michigan on February 6, 1983. He was 89 years old.
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