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World War II


"Rosie the Riveter"
American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during World War II, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. "Rosie the Riveter," star of a government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, became perhaps the most iconic image of working women during the war.
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These ancestors fought in World War II:


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  Freeman ABBOTT (30 April 1905, , England (United Kingdom) - November 1974, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
  Richard G ADAMS (2 March 1920 , , Michigan, USA - 11 November 1988, , Alabama, USA)
(Jesse Clay ADAMS & Gertrude Lillian GILPIN)
  Samuel Ethan ALLEN (1 July 1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) - 7 November 1963, Hempstead, New York, USA)
(Samuel Ethan ALLEN & Eleanor May THEINERT)
  Albert ANDERSON (04/20/1923, - 09/13/1986, Livermore,California, USA)
  Arthur Theodore ANDERSON (31 March 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 2 December 1987, Bangor, Maine, USA)
(Oscar Ander ANDERSON & Klara Theresa ANDERSSON)
  Joseph John ASHEY (12 March 1921, , Massachusetts, USA - 2 October 1990, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph George ASHEY (ACHE) (HACHE) & Marie Lisette (Louise) THOMAS)
  Joseph Raymond (Regis) ASHEY (2 April 1922, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA - 3 April 2008, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA)
(Joseph George ASHEY (ACHE) (HACHE) & Marie Lisette (Louise) THOMAS)
  Howard A AUBERTIN (9 August 1921, , Massachusetts, USA - 24 February 1996, Paxton, Massachusetts, USA)
(Howard AUBERTIN & Walburga E BIEBERBACH)
B
   William Arthur BAKER (12 October 1927, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 22 September 2008, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA)
(William A BAKER & Beatrice Evelyn LEBOEUF)
  Michael Stephen BANN (10/17/1922, Yonkers, New York, USA - 06/06/2007, Santa Ana, California, USA)
(Stephen BECZALA (BANN) & Mary RISZKO)
  Lester Wayne BANNON (12 November 1921, Traverse City, Michigan, USA - 22 October 1991, Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
(Tracy Wayne BANNON & Rosetta Mae WILSON)
  Raymond BAVIER (4 September 1924, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 12 October 2014, )
(Clifford BAVIER & Katherine Sofia SILVERNAIL)
  Elias BEARS (14 May 1888, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean) - 1947, Wilna, New York, USA (Carthage))
  John Alexander BEARS (11 November 1914, Millinocket, Penobscot, Maine, USA - 21 September 1976, Wilna, New York, USA (Carthage))
(Elias BEARS & Jennie HILSON)
  Francis Raymond BEAUCHAMP (20 March 1916, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA - 29 December 1980, Boulder, Colorado, USA)
(Albert Joseph FAIRFIELD BEAUCHAMP & Elmina Loretta BOLDUC)
  Valmore George BEAUCHAMP (12 November 1919, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA - 6 May 1981, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)
(Albert Joseph FAIRFIELD BEAUCHAMP & Elmina Loretta BOLDUC)
  Kenneth Ahl BEEBE (26 July 1917, Manchester, Connecticut, USA - 7 April 1999, Middletown, Connecticut, USA)
(Harold Clifton BEEBE & Tryphena Ophelia AHL)
  George BELAIR (31 January 1915, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - 8 May 2005, , Minnesota, USA)
   Kenneth Joseph BELLVILLE (16 June 1924, St Albans, Vermont, USA - 18 March 2015, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro))
(Henry Oscar BELLVILLE & Mary Jane RIVET)
  William Giacomo BENEDETTI (5 November 1921, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA - 25 March 2018, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)
(Lodovico Carlo BENEDETTI & Mary Lucy GRAZIOLA)
  George C BERNARD (March 17, 1921, Parkin Cross County Arkansas, USA - March 15, 1970, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
(Rodner Cassie BERNARD & Aline L WILCOX)
  Raymond A BERNARD (8 December 1921, , Connecticut, USA - 25 June 2003, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
  Charles Outterson BERNIER (07-19-1921, San Antonio, Texas, USA - 07-09-2012, Canyon Lake, Texas, USA)
(Outterson George BERNIER & Gertrude Elizabeth BUCKLEY)
  Urban Gerald BERTRAND (28 August 1916, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 5 January 2004, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA)
(Rosario BERTRAND & Leona GIROUX)
  Dana Moulton BEVERLY (30 October 1917, Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA - August 1983, Parker, La Paz, Arizona, USA)
(Ralph Edwin BEVERLY & Eleanor Wentworth MOULTON)
  Walter BIALOBLOCKI (8 January 1916, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA - 10 December 1982, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)
(Stanley Andstazy BIALOBLOCKI & Aleksandra PRZEKOP BIALOBLOCKI)
  Edgar N BIBEAU (4 January 1918, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 9 October 1996, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph M BIBEAU & Roselda LIVERNOIS)
  Roland A BIBEAU (7 November 1920, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 6 January 2003, West Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph M BIBEAU & Roselda LIVERNOIS)
   Elliott Allen BILLINGS (22 November 1912, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) - 7 November 1911, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA (N., E., W.) (Teaticket) (Woods Hole))
  Howard Edward BLESSING (3 September 1919, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 8 April 2009 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA)
(William Henry BLESSING & Agnes J SCHROEDER)
  Anthony Richard BOCHENKO (20 February 1911, , Poland - 10 September 1979, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
  Harold Douglas BOISSEAU (24 March 1923, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben) - 9 February 2007, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben))
  Harold W BOSHAW (Dec 24 1926 , Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA - Jan 5 2007 , St. Louise, Michigan, USA)
(Mervyn Earl BOSHAW & Flora Eliza TATROE)
  Kenneth Eugene BRACY (October 1, 1926, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA - February 23, 1991, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA)
(Myron Ellery BRACY & Winifred Faye GROSS)
  Raymond Augustus BRACY (June 28, 1918, - January 12, 1994, Yarmouth, Maine, USA)
(Myron Ellery BRACY & Winifred Faye GROSS)
   Gordon Salisbury BRANDES (11 December 1925, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 28 December 1985, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Henry Robert BRANDES & Helen Louise FEIGE)
  Harold William BRANDES (22 November 1922, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 23 June 2004, Holden, Massachusetts, USA)
(Henry Robert BRANDES & Helen Louise FEIGE)
   Clarence Bader BROUILETTE (3 July 1910, Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA - 26 August 1988, Biddeford, Maine, USA (Biddeford Pool))
(Albert Bertram BROUILETTE & Edith Leona BADER)
   Richmond Douglas BROUILETTE (BRULETT) (1 January 1924, Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA - 12 April 2005, Farmville, Virginia, USA)
(Albert Bertram BROUILETTE & Edith Leona BADER)
  Kenneth G BROWE (31 May 1913, Burlington, Vermont, USA - 10 November 1980, Burlington, Vermont, USA)
(George Nathaniel BROWE & Anna Christine FLYNN)
  Archie Lee BURCHAM (June 3, 1922, Proctorville, Lawrence Co., Ohio, USA - July 11, 2010, Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina, USA)
  Charles BURDICK (10,21,1928, Steger, Illinois, USA - 7,11,1997, Watseka, Illinois, USA)
(Ernest BURDICK & Jessie Mae THORNBURG)
  Harold Mathew BURKE (7 October 1916, Franklin, Louisiana, USA - 15 June 1976, Beaumont, Texas, USA)
C
  Reginald CASE (5/29/1911, Bayou Chene Louisiana, USA - 8/11/1985, St. Martinville Louisiana, USA)
(James Garrison CASE SR & Rosanette VERRET)
  Arthur CHARBONNEAU (01/30/1925, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA - 06/06/2002, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)
(Oscar M. CHARBONNEAU & Elsie Mary GERARD - CHARBONNEAU)
  Erwin Gabriel CHARPENTIER (02/27/1920, Whitehall, New York, USA - 1992, Granville, Washington, New York, USA)
(Albert Gabriel CHARPENTIER & Pauline M COURCELLE)
  Joseph Arthur CHAUSSE (24 October 1902, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 24 November 1956, )
(Joseph Arthur CHAUSSE & Adeline TREMBLAY)
  Walter Ernest CHAUVIN (19 September 1919, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 26 April 1999, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
  Raymond CHOQUETTE (March 12, 1927, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - November 9, 2004, Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA)
  Charles V CHURCHILL (10 May 1920, Auburn, New York, USA - 20 March 2001, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
(Charles V CHURCHILL & Pearl Margaret Frances SHOREY)
  Adelaide CINQ-MARS (27 October 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA - 6 January 2013 , Gardiner, Maine, USA)
(Robert CINQ-MARS & Cecile DESROSIERS)
  Thomas Russell COLEMAN (13 January 1924, - 11 February 1991, , New York, USA)
  Ernest Z COLLETTE (20 November 1914, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 9 August 1992, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
(Zephirin Freeman COLLETTE & Mary Ida Bertha RENAUD)
   Paul Hector COLLETTE (5 October 1919, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA - 25 July 2008, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA)
  Zachary Joseph COMEAUX (17 December 1917, Coteau, Louisiana, USA - 28 May 2000, Ardsley, Pennsylvania, USA)
  Ronald Cameron "Jake" COOK (20 November 1922, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro) - 14 September 2011, Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA)
(Ralph Walter COOK & Hazel May WASHBURN)
  Russell COSSETTE (Apr. 24, 1926, Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA - Dec. 27, 1995, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA)
  Charles B CRAWFORD (22 July 1919, Poquonock, Connecticut, USA - 23 December 2013, Vernon, Connecticut, USA)
  Edward Warren CROUSS (9 November 1920, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA - 23 August 1986, Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, USA)
(Raymond Scott CROUSS & Elizabeth FISHER)
  George Willard CROUSS (24 November 1912, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA - 7 June 1980, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
(Carl "Charles" Theodore CROUSS & Fanny A KATHAN)
  Herman Fisher CROUSS (14 September 1916, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 15 February 1991, Norfolk, Virginia, USA)
(Raymond Scott CROUSS & Elizabeth FISHER)
  Leslie Nelson CROUSS (18 April 1922, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA - 22 April 2004, Suffield, Connecticut, USA)
(Raymond Scott CROUSS & Elizabeth FISHER)
  Raymond George CROUSS (16 December 1927, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA - 5 November 2003, Bradenton, Florida, USA)
(Raymond Scott CROUSS & Elizabeth FISHER)
  Roland Scott CROUSS (16 June 1919, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA - 17 July 1985, Westminster, California, USA)
(Raymond Scott CROUSS & Elizabeth FISHER)
  Edward D CROWLEY (19 June 1926, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 7 March 1999, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA)
(Edward Dennis CROWLEY & Kathleen Louise DONNELLY)
  Joseph Edward CUMMINGS (19 December 1919, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA - 22 May 1995, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph CUMMINGS & Delacy (Mary Eudocie) BELAIR)
  Walter Anthony CUSICK (29 August 1923, - 24 September 1981, Babylon, New York, USA (Lindenhurst))
D
  Gilbert Marcel DAVENPORT (May 24, 1919, Chester, Massachusetts, USA - June 25, 1997, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
(Amos Judson DAVENPORT & Ruth Edith WHITCHER)
   John Augustus DAVIS (24 March 1917, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA - 27 December 2013, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
(William North DAVIS & Eva Belle LANDRY)
  Walter Moody DAVIS (23 June 1922, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA - 29 October 2015, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA )
(William North DAVIS & Eva Belle LANDRY)
  William North DAVIS (24 June 1918, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro) - 26 February 2008, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA )
(William North DAVIS & Eva Belle LANDRY)
  Daniel DELANEY (12/15/1925, Fargo, North Dakota, USA - 12/30/2002, Denver, Colorado, USA)
  Gene DIPIETRO (3 March 1923, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - 5 February 2002, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
  Ralph Edward DONNELLY (4 November 1891, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 13 September 1918, , France)
(John Edward DONNELLY & Mary Ellen CORCORAN)
   John Edward DOSSEY (30 December 1925, Lindsey, California, USA - 28 January 2014, Pioneer, Amador, California, USA)
(George Vernon DOSSEY & Orvie Ruby KEITH)
  Loyal Bud DOSSEY (4/17/1914, Shawnee, Pottawatonie, Oklahoma, USA - 1/3/1991, )
  Amberson Martin DRISCOLL (15 January 1908, Hudson, Michigan, USA - March 2003, , Michigan, USA)
(James DRISCOLL & Goldia AMBERSON)
   John Joseph DUNDON (9 March 1925, Binghamton, New York, USA - 8 April 1945, , Italy)
(John Joseph DUNDON & Alice Katharine BOURGARDE)
E
  Richard Warren EDDY (15 June 1919, , Ohio, USA - 3 February 1994, Brunswick, Maine, USA)
  James M EGAN (18 August 1920, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 25 August 1975, New Britain, Connecticut, USA)
(Martin Andrew EGAN & Eva S MONAHAN)
  Elmer ESTES (jan 29 1920, , South Dakota, USA - jan, 10 2015, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA)
  Charles Nelson EVANS (13 March 1919, Everett, Massachusetts, USA - 6 February 2002, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA)
(John Moulton EVANS & Elsie Rose EARP)
F
   George William FEIGE (15 April 1920, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 7 October 1982, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
(Willard S FEIGE & Anna R KORCH)
  John Henry FEIGE (5 July 1921, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA - 25 August 1992, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA)
(Edward Evylyn FEIGE & Catherine E MELIA)
  William Edward FEIGE (4 May 1920, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA - 21 March 1996, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA)
(Edward Evylyn FEIGE & Catherine E MELIA)
  Edward FIELDS (June 13, 1914, Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA - 30 March 1997, Everett, Massachusetts, USA)
(Fred FILION & Jennie Caroline SMITH)
  John Sebastian FISCHER (09-10-1925, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA - 12-17-2006, Ontario,Malheur County Oregon USA)
(Sebastian Antone FISCHER & Anna Magdalene KRAFT)
  Burdette Mase FITCH (12 February 1896, , Kansas, USA - 6 November 1977, San Francisco, California, USA)
  Norman Euclid FRALEY (7 September 1911, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) - 3 March 1975, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville))
(Everett John FRALEY & Mary Elizabeth MADDEN)
  Wallace David FRENCH (27 August 1924, Lewiston, Maine, USA - 18 June 1975, Chelsea, Maine, USA (Togus))
(James Lincoln FRENCH & Susan Louise HANSCOM)
G
  Alfred J GABOURY (24 April 1928, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 28 February 1992, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
(Alfred A GABOURY & Cleytris Marion WALSH)
  Erma GAGNON (September 22, 1917, Chester, Montana, USA - December 21, 1991, Eureka, California, USA)
  Robert Lawrence GAUDETTE (31 December 1921, Milton, Vermont, USA - 21 October 1999, St Albans, Vermont, USA)
  Robert M GRAHAM (17 September 1922, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 1 February 2009, Lady Lake, Florida, USA)
(Martin Louis GRAHAM & Alice G WALSH)
  Conrad Kenneth GRANDCHAMP (20 September 1922, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - 1 September 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA)
H
  John Lawrence HAMBLIN (December 17, 1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - June 24, 1981, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)
(Wolcott Chaffee HAMBLIN, JR. & Beatrice Louise SHERIDAN)
  Charles M HANSEN (10 March 1915, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 01 May 1998, Gloucester Township, New Jersey, USA)
(John HANSEN & Mae BLESSING)
   Lester L HANSEN (14 January 1913, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 25 December 1970, , Florida, USA)
(Henry (Henrik) Valentin HANSEN & Henrietta Ruth BLESSING)
  Theodore H HANSEN (30 August 1917, , Connecticut, USA - 6 May 1985, West Haven, Connecticut, USA)
(John HANSEN & Mae BLESSING)
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