Harold BILLINGS

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29 December 1906 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

May 1969 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Clifford Wilder BILLINGS Mary Eliza BOYDEN

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Born: 29 December 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Clifford Wilder BILLINGS

Mother: Mary Eliza BOYDEN

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Harold married Clara Lillian GATZKE 25 May 1935 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Clara Lillian GATZKE was born 24 May 1907 in Dudley, Massachusetts, USA. Clara Lillian died 29 May 1997 in Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Clara Lillian was the child of August John GATZKE and Hulda Rosilda BLUMKE.

Harold BILLINGS died May 1969 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Clara Lillian GATZKE
Marriage date: 25 May 1935
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA

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Clara Lillian GATZKE was the child of August John GATZKE and Hulda Rosilda BLUMKE

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Name: Harold N. Billings

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Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 25 May 1935

Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Manhattan, New York

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Gender: Male

Age: 28

Marital Status: Single

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Race: White

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Birth Year (Estimated): 1907

Birthplace: Boston, Mass.

Father's Name: Clifford

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Mother's Name: Mary Boyden

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Spouse's Name: Clara L. Gatzke

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Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age: 28

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

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Spouse's Race: White

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Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1907

Spouse's Birthplace: Dudley, Mass.

Spouse's Father's Name: August

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Spouse's Mother's Name: Hulda Bl...Ke

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Reference ID: cn 12804

GS Film Number: 1685178

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"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch.org : 10 February 2018), Harold N. Billings and Clara L. Gatzke, 25 May 1935; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,685,178.

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Birth — 1906
29 December 1906
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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 - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Name: Harold U Billings
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Cambridge Ward 10, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 782
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 15
Sheet Number and Letter: 15A
Household ID: 368
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Film Number: 596
GS Film Number: 1374609
Digital Folder Number: 004972427
Image Number: 01226

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Clifford W Billings Head M 39 Massachusetts
Mary E Billings Wife F 35 Rhode Island
Harold U Billings Son M 3 Massachusetts
Alma E

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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 - Charlton, Massachusetts

Name: Harold W Billings
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 20
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 5
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Household ID: 97
Line Number: 66
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 745
GS Film Number: 1820745
Digital Folder Number: 004966122
Image Number: 00039

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Clifford W Billings Head M 50 Massachusetts
Mary Billings Wife F 45 Massachusetts
Harold W

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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 - Dudley, Massachusetts

Name: Harold Billings
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 155
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Rhode Island
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 10
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Household ID: 199
Line Number: 64
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 962
GS Film Number: 2340697
Digital Folder Number: 004950040
Image Number: 00475

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Clifford W Billings Head M 59 Massachusetts
Mary E Billings Wife F 54 Rhode Island
Frank Billings Son M 18 Massachusetts
Ralph

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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 Marriage / Partner
Harold BILLINGS and Clara Lillian GATZKE 25 May 1935, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

He was 28 years old.

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 - Webster, Massachusetts

Name: Harold U Billings
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Webster Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 14-296
Family Number: 111
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 71
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1655
Digital Folder Number: 005460927
Image Number: 00785

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harold U Billings Head M 33 Massachusetts
Clara L Billings Wife F 32 Massachusetts

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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 - 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)