106 - Eloisa Martinez - Hornbrook, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
N 41° 54.382 W 122° 33.815
10T E 536195 N 4639472
This centenarian's grave is located within the pioneer Henley & Hornbrook Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMV3JP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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I wasn't able to locate any obituary for Eloisa Martinez. Some major events that occurred during her lifetime:

1892 - Oct 31 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1893 - Dec 24 Henry Ford completes his first useful petrol / gasoline fuelled engine
1894 - Apr 14 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1895 - Nov 27 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize
1896 - Jun 4 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
1897 - Aug 31 Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
1898 - Dec 21 French Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
1899 - May 8 Ernest Rutherford publishes his discovery of two different kinds of radiation (Alpha and Beta Particles)
1900 - Aug 3 Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.
1901 - Dec 12 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada
1902 - Apr 13 J C Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming

Location of Headstone: Henley & Hornbrook Cemetery

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