Genealogy for
Martha Luce
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About Martha Luce |
Martha Luce 1856 - 1956
| Martha Luce was born about 1856 somewhere in Ohio and died in an unknown year in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated.
Her parents are beleived to be Joseph H. Luce (1818-1897) and Sarah Anne Mann (1816-1907).
She and her husband move to Michigan around 1885. By 1930, she is found living with one of her children and it is assumed that her husband has passed. |
| Census | 6/11/1880 | Monclova OH (Lucas County) | 24 yrs old | Recorded as dewelling #139 and family #148: William Cross (age 26),
Martha Cross (wife, age 24),
William (son, age 4), and
Levina (daughter, age 3). All were born in Ohio. Martha's parents, however, were not born in Ohio -- her father was born in New York and her mother in Pennsylvania. William is a farm laborer. The family lives next door to John Luce (age 29) and his three children and Martha's parents -- Joseph and Sarah Luce (age 64).
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| Marriage | 12/27/1910 | Onaway MI (Presque Isle County) | 55 yrs old | Recorded as license #112: Aldan Green, age 30, and Mary Pearsall, age 26, are issued a marriage license on December 27, 1910. Aldan is from Roscommon and Mary from Onaway. Alden's parents are John Green and unknown Persall. Mary's parents are William Cross and Martha Lure. The couple was married on December 27, 1910 in Onaway. They were married by Clergyman Grant Perkins. Witnesses were Francis Solar and Joseph Cross from Onaway. These two witnesses also witnessed the marriage of Chas McCarty Jr. and Gertrude Warren two days later. |
| Census | 4/10/1930 | Rosecommon MI (Rosecommon County) | 74 yrs old | Recorded as dwelling #51, family #55: Aden Green (age 49),
Mary A (wife, age 45),
Alden J (son, 18),
Evelyn M (daughter, 16), and
Martha Cross (mother-in-law, age 74). They own the house they are living in -- which is not a farm -- and they also own a radio. Aden estimates the value of his estate to be $500. The children have been attending school and all can read and write. Aden is working as a truck driver for the state. All were born in Michigan except Martha Cross, who was born in Ohio. Martha's father was born in NY and mother in PA. Aden's father was born in an unknown location in the US and his mother in Canada/English. Mary's father was born in Michigan and her mother in Ohio.
The senior Alden's mother and step father live next door.
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Martha, her family, and friends. For example, Martha is 4 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
9 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
13 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
21 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
23 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
33 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
39 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
41 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
44 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
44 |
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. |
45 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
46 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
47 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
48 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
50 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
50 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
50 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
56 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
57 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
58 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
67 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
67 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
68 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
70 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
71 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
72 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
80 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
82 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
90 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
91 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
95 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
96 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
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5 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
26 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
29 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
52 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
56 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
61 |
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. |
63 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
82 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
83 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
85 |
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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1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
9 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
12 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
19 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
20 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
53 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
54 |
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. |
73 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
74 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
76 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
77 |
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 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
78 |
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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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
83 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
87 |
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. |
88 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
89 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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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. |
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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 |
58 |
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. |
61 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
63 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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. |
82 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
83 |
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. |
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1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Marriages
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| William Cross Born about 1854 and died about 1925. They were married 9/30/1873.
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The Children of Martha Luce
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31 years old
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Mary A. Cross Born in Alpena County, Michigan on September 21, 1884 and died in Rosscommon, Michigan about 1976. She was about 91 years old.
Burial beside her husband at Roscommon Village Cemetery....
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