Elizabeth Fanny Weaver Milbourne (1881 - 1949)

Elizabeth's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Milbourne family tree.

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Elizabeth's Family

Ricketts Edward Milbourne

Emily Greed Milbourne

Elizabeth Fanny Weaver Milbourne

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Ricketts Edward Milbourne

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Emily Greed Milbourne

Unknown - Unknown

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In 1881, in the year that Elizabeth Fanny Weaver Milbourne was born, on February 19th, Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcohol - the prohibition lasted statewide until 1948.

In 1893, she was merely 12 years old when on March 4th, Grover Cleveland became the 24th President of the United States. On July 1st, President Cleveland was operated on for a non-cancerous tumor in his mouth. He chose to have the operation secretly because he didn't want to worsen the financial depression that was occurring at the time.

In 1910, she was 29 years old when Halley's comet, which returns past the earth every 75 - 76 years was observed photographically for the first time. Two fortuitous events occurred - photography had been invented since the last time the comet had passed and the comet was relatively close. There was panic because one astronomer claimed that the gas from its tail "would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet." People bought gas masks, "anti-comet pills" and "anti-comet umbrellas".

In 1923, Elizabeth was 42 years old when the A.C. Nielsen Company was founded in Chicago. It provided an audience measurement system that could provide radio station owners with information on their listeners and the popularity of their shows. Later, the Nielsen company became the basis for the fate of television programs.

In 1949, in the year of Elizabeth Fanny Weaver Milbourne's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."