Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Time Machine

It's Saturday night and time for some Saturday Night Genealogy Fun brought to us by Randy at Genea-Musings.  Our charge this week is to check out the dMarie Time Capsule website, select a date from our family history and share the information.

Until tonight I had never heard of this site but upon going there I had some great fun checking out what happened on or around certain dates - interesting info and a great way to waste a few hours and have some fun.

I selected my grandparents wedding date, although I would have liked to do my great-grandparents wedding date instead I discovered that the information provided was too sparse.   My grandparents Elmer David Troyer/Mary Maria Motzko married not too long after the 20th century began on September 10, 1908 (just a week before my grandmother's 24th birthday).  How convenient were their birthday/wedding dates - no excuse to forget - Anniversary Sept 10; Birthday Grandpa - September 4; Birthday Grandma - September 17.  My mother Margaret Troyer (grandma's daughter died the day after the anniversary of Grandma's birthday-although many years after her death).

Anyway here's what went on during the years that Grandma and Grandpa were courting, marrying, and starting a family:

TOP NEWS HEADLINES OF THE WEEK:

• 1. Sep 9 - Russia takes part of Poland
• 2. Sep 9 - Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va
• 3. Sep 12- Winston Churchhill marries Clementine  Hozier

  TOP SONGS FOR 1908

• She Sells Sea Shells by T. Sullivan
• If You Cared for Me by E. Rose
• Daisies Won't Tell by Anita Owen
• Smarty by Jack Norworth
• Consolation by Edward Madden
• All for the Love of You by Dave Reed 
• Good Evening, Caroline by J. Norworth
  
  • Up in a Balloon by Ren Shield

U. S. PRESIDENT:  THEODORE ROOSEVELT


U. S. VICE PRESIDENT: CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS


PEOPLE BORN SEPT 10, 1908: Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Your Hit Parade)


HOT NEW TOYS IN 1908: Parcheesi, Lionel Trains, Crayola Crayons, Teddy Bear

TOP NEW BOOKS IN 1908:  The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett; A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

1908 PRICES:

Bread:   .05cents a loaf

Milk:     .32cents a gallon

Car:      $500

House:  $4500

Stamp:  .02cents each



Average Income: $915 per year

DOW Average:   $86

Mary Post Warren

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