Hilda May GIROUX

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16 September 1898 , West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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4 March 1991 , Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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David Theodule GIROUX Mary Louise WHITE

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Born: 16 September 1898 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: David Theodule GIROUX

Mother: Mary Louise WHITE

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Hilda May married Theodore Austin CROUSS abt. 1924 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theodore Austin CROUSS was born 29 April 1895 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills). Theodore Austin died 10 April 1966 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Theodore Austin was the child of Carl "Charles" Theodore CROUSS and Fanny A KATHAN.

Hilda May GIROUX died 4 March 1991 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .

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Theodore Austin CROUSS
Marriage date: abt. 1924
Marriage place: West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Theodore Austin CROUSS was the child of Carl "Charles" Theodore CROUSS and Fanny A KATHAN

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Name: Theodore Austin Crouss

Marriage Year: 1924

Marriage Place: West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 60

Page Number: 276

Index Volume Number: 88

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.88

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Children of Theodore Austin CROUSS and Hilda May GIROUX

Theodore Austin CROUSS

Born: 24 February 1933, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 24 July 2017 , Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Dorothy Ann FABRICA 15 September 1956 Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna)

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1898 Birth
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
name: Hilda May Giroux
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event: Birth
event date: 16 Sep 1898
event place: West Springfield, Massachusetts
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race: White
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father: Theodore Giroux
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father's birthplace: Canada
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mother: Mary L. White
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volume/ page/ certificate number: pg 828 line 178
film number: 1843704
digital folder number: 4341225
image number: 850

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1900 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Hilda M Giroux
titles:
residence: West Springfield town (northwest part), Hampden, Massachusetts
birth date: Sep 1898
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
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father name: Theodore Giroux
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father birthplace: Canada Fr
mother name: Mary L Giroux
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mother birthplace: Canada Fr
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Theodore Giroux
gender: Female
marital status: Single
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immigration year:
enumeration district: 0611
sheet number and letter: B
household id: 286
reference number: 78
gsu film number: 1240653
image number: 00000538
Household Gender Age
parent Theodore Giroux M
parent Mary L Giroux F
Wazalie Giroux F
Hilda M Giroux F

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Hilda M Giroux
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
family number: 186
page number: 9
Household Gender Age
parent Theodore Giroux M 43y
parent Mary L Giroux F 40y
Nagaelie M Giroux F 21y
Hilda M Giroux F 11y
Agnes E Giroux F 7y

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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Hilda Girone
residence: West Springfield Town, Hampden, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1899
age: 21
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820699
digital folder number: 4301096
image number: 00951
sheet number: 14
Household Gender Age
parent Theodore Girone M 55y
parent Mary L Girone F 53y
Hilda Girone F 21y
Evangeline Girone F 16y
James White M 51y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
name: Hilda G Crouss
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 31
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1899
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
enumeration district number: 194
family number: 460
sheet number and letter: 22B
line number: 59
nara publication: T626, roll 908
film number: 2340643
digital folder number: 4607005
image number: 00429
Household Gender Age
spouse Theodore Crouss M 34
Hilda G Crouss F 31
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 Birth of Child
Theodore Austin CROUSS was born 24 February 1933, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

Hilda May was 34 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 Death of Her Mother
'GIROUX - In West Springfield, the 16th, Mrs. Mary L. (White) Giroux, widow of Theodore Giroux. Funeral from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Theodore Crouss of 156 Heywood avenue, West Springfield, Tuesday morning at 8:30, followed by a requiem high mass at St Louis's church at 9. Burial in St. Thomas's cemetery. R. D. Toomey funeral service.'

Date: October 17, 1938
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

'The funeral of Mrs Mary (White) Geroux was held at the home of her daughter, Mrs Theodore Crouss of 156 Heywood avenue, West Springfield, yesterday morning, followed by high mass of requiem at St Louis church. Rev Henry LaPorte officiated. The bearers were David Cesan, Nelson Dumas, Ernest Morin, Edward Dunn, Eugene Geroux and Daniel Bennett. Burial was in St Thomas's cemetery, Father LaPorte reading prayers at the grave.'

Date: October 19, 1938
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

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1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: Hilda G Crouss
Respondent: Yes
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Street: Heywood Avenue
House Number: 156
Inferred Residence in 1935: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 2B
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore A Crouss 43
Hilda G Crouss 41
Theodore A Crouss 7
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - West Springfield, Massachusetts
Name: Hilda G Crouss
Age: 51
Birth Date: abt 1899
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Theodore A Crouss
54 Head
Hilda G Crouss 51 Wife
Theodore A Crouss
17 Son
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1956 Marriage of Child
Theodore Austin CROUSS married 15 September 1956, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (Lackawanna) to Dorothy Ann FABRICA

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1966 Death of Spouse/Partner
Theodore Austin CROUSS died 10 April 1966, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1991 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
name: Hilda M Crouss
event: Death
event date: 04 Mar 1991
event place: Springfield, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 037146
birth date: 16 Sep 1898
birthplace: Massachusetts
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