Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI

Born

7 February 1910 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Died

August 1977 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 7 February 1910 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI

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Stanislaus Alphonse NOWAKOWSKI

Mother

Maryanna "Mary" ANDRZEJEWSKA

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Zygmund S married Floris Marjorie KORCH 30 October 1933 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA . Floris Marjorie KORCH was born 16 July 1913 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. Floris Marjorie died 19 March 1981 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Floris Marjorie was the child of Andrew (András) Henry KORCH and Anna "Panna" ROZGONYI.

Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI died August 1977 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI

Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI married

Floris Marjorie KORCH
Marriage date: 30 October 1933
Marriage place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Floris Marjorie KORCH was the child of Andrew (András) Henry KORCH and Anna "Panna" ROZGONYI

Marriage notes:

Name: Zygmund S Nowakowski

Marriage Year: 1933

Marriage Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Index Volume Number: 122

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.112

Name: Floris M Korch

Marriage Year: 1933

Marriage Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Index Volume Number: 110

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.110

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970

The wedding of Miss Floris Korch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Korch, 45 First street, and Zigmund Nowakowski, son of Stanislas A. Nowakowski, 1 Lyndale avenue has been announced. The couple was married Monday night in St. Joseph's rectory.

Worcester Telegram

Worcester, Massachusetts

November 2, 1933

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1910 Birth

Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
Name: Sigmund Nowakoski
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event: Birth
Event Date: 07 Feb 1910
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
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father: Sterna Nowakoski
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volume/ page/ certificate number: 453
Film Number: 2315296
Digital Folder Number: 4401713
Image Number: 446

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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1910 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name Segmund Norakowski
Birthplace Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Residence Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marital Status Single
Race White
Gender Male
Immigration Year
Father's Birthplace Germany
Mother's Birthplace Germany
Family Number 72
Page Number 4
Household Gender Age
Parent Stanislaw Norakowski M 29y
Parent Mary Norakowski F 29y
Chester Norakowski M 4y
Vanda Norakowski F 2y
Segmund Norakowski M 0y 6m
Thomas Bugno M 24y

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

Birth — 1910
7 February 1910
Webster, Massachusetts, USA

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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name Siegmund Nowakowski
Residence Town Of Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year 1911
Age 9
Birthplace Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Gender Male
Race White
Marital Status Single
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Film Number 1820749
Digital Folder Number 4311574
Image Number 00146
Sheet Number 18
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Parent Haniclause Nowakowski M 40y
Parent Mary Nowakowski F 33y
Chester Nowakowski M 13y
Wanda Nowakowski F 11y
Siegmund Nowakowski M 9y
Helen Nowakowski F 7y
Ignace Nowakowski M 68y

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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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Zygmund S NOWAKOWSKI and Floris Marjorie KORCH 30 October 1933, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

He was 23 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 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Ziegmund Nowakowski
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event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Webster, Webster Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
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race (standardized): White
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relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1910
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 14-299
family number: 173
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 12
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1655
Digital Folder Number: 005460927
Image Number: 00892
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Ziegmund Nowakowski M 30 Massachusetts
wife Floras Nowakowski F 27 Massachusetts
daughter Sandra Nowakowski F 3 Massachusetts

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.

Death

NOWAKOWSKI, ZYGMUND 07 Feb 1910 Aug 1977 67 01570 (Webster, Worcester, MA) (none specified) Massachusetts 029-07-3076

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