Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF

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1 July 1909 , East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

Died

3 October 1997 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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George Edward WOLSCHENDORF Alice Mildred ORCUTT

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Born: 1 July 1909 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

Father: George Edward WOLSCHENDORF

Mother: Alice Mildred ORCUTT

Paternal grandparents: William WOLSCHENDORF , Clara Eleanor HANSEN

Maternal grandparents: Charles Jones ORCUTT , Sarah Ruthena BEAL

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Dorothy Gertrude married Wilson Warren MILLS 14 October 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
They divorced. Wilson Warren MILLS was born abt. 1909 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Wilson Warren died 27 June 1965 Wilson Warren was the child of Warren Wilson MILLS and Anna Maude Helen MCCARTHY.

Dorothy Gertrude married (2) Horace Tileston LAYTE 14 July 1938 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA . Horace Tileston LAYTE was born 21 July 1901 in Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Horace Tileston died 13 April 1989 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA. Horace Tileston was the child of David Clifford LAYTE and Carrie Agnes TRIMPER.

Dorothy Gertrude married (3) Herbert Lane Holgar JOHNSON abt. 1990 . Herbert Lane Holgar JOHNSON was born 17 August 1905 in Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Herbert Lane Holgar died 15 December 1994 in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA (West Cambridge).

Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF died 3 October 1997 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

During her final years, she lived with the Arruda family on 5 Beachwood St Fairhaven.

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Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF married

Wilson Warren MILLS
Marriage date: 14 October 1929
Marriage place: Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Wilson Warren MILLS was the child of Warren Wilson MILLS and Anna Maude Helen MCCARTHY

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They divorced 31 Oct 1935, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Wilson Warren MILLS and Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF

Bruce Lee MILLS

Born: 3 May 1930, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 April 1991, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF married

Horace Tileston LAYTE
Marriage date: 14 July 1938
Marriage place: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Horace Tileston LAYTE was the child of David Clifford LAYTE and Carrie Agnes TRIMPER

Children of Horace Tileston LAYTE and Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF

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Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF married

Herbert Lane Holgar JOHNSON
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1909 Birth
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
name: Dorothy Gertrude Wolsehendorf
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event date: 01 Jul 1909
event place: East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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father: Geo. E. Wolsehendorf
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mother: Alice M. Orcutt
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volume/ page/ certificate number: Page 1
film number: 2315253
digital folder number: 4401711
image number: 1026

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1910 East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Dorothy G Wolschendorf
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
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father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
family number: 474
page number: 21
Household Gender Age
parent George E Wolschendorf M 32y
parent Alice M Wolschendorf F 31y
Mildred M Wolschendorf F 7y
Harold O Wolschendorf M 3y
Dorothy G Wolschendorf F y 10m
Sarah R Orcott F 56y
Stanley Orcott M 15y

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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 East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
name: Doreathy Wolschendorf
residence: East Bridgewater Town, Plymouth, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1910
age: 10
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
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film number: 1820726
digital folder number: 4311551
image number: 00655
sheet number: 16
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parent George E Wolschendorf M 42y
parent Alice M Wolschendorf F 40y
Mildred Wolschendorf F 16y
Harold Wolschendorf M 13y
Doreathy Wolschendorf F 10y
Evylm Wolschendorf F 9y

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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 Marriage / Partner
Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF and Wilson Warren MILLS 14 October 1929, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA (North Bridgewater)

She was 20 years old.

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.

1930 Birth of Child
Bruce Lee MILLS was born 3 May 1930, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

Dorothy Gertrude was 20 years old.

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 Marriage / Partner
Dorothy Gertrude WOLSCHENDORF and Horace Tileston LAYTE 14 July 1938, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

She was 29 years old.

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)

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

1989 Death of Spouse/Partner
Horace Tileston LAYTE died 13 April 1989, Winchester, Massachusetts, USA

1991 Death of Child
Bruce Lee MILLS died 16 April 1991, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Dorothy Gertrude was 81 years old.

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

1994 Death of Spouse/Partner
Herbert Lane Holgar JOHNSON died 15 December 1994, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA (West Cambridge)

Death
name: Dorothy G Johnson
event: Death
event date: 03 Oct 1997
event place: New Bedford, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 049639
birth date: 01 Jul 1909
birthplace: Massachusetts
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'Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZR7-37X : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Dorothy G Johnson, 03 Oct 1997.
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