Cecil Harry SHAFER

Born

16 April 1904 , Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Died

April 1969 , Genesee, Michigan, USA

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Harry Verndale SHAFER

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Mary Ellen DAVIS

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Birth — 1904
16 April 1904
Superior, Wisconsin, USA

1905 - Superior, Wisconsin

Name: Cecil Shafer
Residence Place: Superior city, ward 05, Douglas, Wisconsin
Age (Original): 1y
Birth Year (Estimated): Abt 1904
BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Relationship to Head of Household (Original Language): Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Parent 1 BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Parent 2 BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harry Shafer Head Male 31y Wisconsin
Mary Shafer Wife Female 30y Wisconsin
Vandale Shafer Son Male 10y Wisconsin
Dwight Shafer Son Male 8y Wisconsin
Lela Shafer Daughter Female 4y Wisconsin
Hope Shafer Son Male 2y Wisconsin
Cecil Shafer Daughter Female 1y Wisconsin

Source / record details
1905 Wisconsin State Census, familysearch.org

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 - International Falls, Minnesota

Name: Cecil Schaffer
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Father's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Mother's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 11
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harry Schaffer Head Male 36 Wisconsin
Mary Schaffer Wife Female 34 Wisconsin
Verndale Schaffer Son Male 15 Wisconsin
Weight Schaffer Son Male 13 Wisconsin
Lela Schaffer Daughter Female 10 Wisconsin
Hope Schaffer Daughter Female 8 Wisconsin
Cecil Schaffer Son Male 6 Wisconsin
Ford Schaffer Son Male 4 Wisconsin
Effie Schaffer Daughter Female 0 Wisconsin

Source / record details
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1910 - Solon Springs, Wisconsin

Name: Tecil H Shafer
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Solon Springs, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Father's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Mother's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 4
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harry Shafer Head Male 36 Wisconsin
Mary Shafer Wife Female 36 Wisconsin
Verndal A Shafer Daughter Female 14 Wisconsin
Dwight Y Shafer Son Male 13 Wisconsin
Lula F Shafer Son Male 10 Wisconsin
Phreica H Shafer Daughter Female 7 Wisconsin
Tecil H Shafer Son Male 6 Wisconsin
Ford P Shafer Son Male 3 Wisconsin
Elizabeth E Shafer Daughter Female 0 Wisconsin
Jaurchta Davis Mother-in-law Female 64 Vermont

Source / record details
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 - Superior, Wisconsin - Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Name: Cecil H Shafer
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Superior Ward 8, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Father's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Mother's BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 3
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Lloyd J Larson Head Male 35 Wisconsin
Mary E Larson Wife Female 35 Wisconsin
Verndale A Shafer Son Male 21 Wisconsin
Lela F Shafer Daughter Female 18 Wisconsin
Hope P Shafer Daughter Female 17 Wisconsin
Cecil H Shafer Son Male 15 Wisconsin
Ford P Shafer Son Male 13 Wisconsin
Elizabeth E Shafer Daughter Female 9 Wisconsin
Samantha P Davis Mother-in-law Female 74 Vermont

Source / record details
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - Waukesha, Wisconsin

Name: Cecil Schaffer
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Waukesha Ward 1, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
District: ED 194
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
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Relationship to Head of Household: Inmate
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Inmate
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
BirthPlace: Wisconsin
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: United States
Mother's BirthPlace: United States
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 3
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Household ID: 1
Line Number: 4
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 2020
GS Film Number: 1822020
Digital Folder Number: 004969087
Image Number: 00945

Source / record details
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

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

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 - 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.

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.'

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