Dorothy Ruth BLESSING

Born

4 February 1922 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Died

29 January 1945 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA

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Parents of Dorothy Ruth BLESSING

Father

William Henry BLESSING

Mother

Agnes J SCHROEDER

Grandparents of Dorothy Ruth BLESSING

Paternal grandparents

Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" BLESSING Sarah LAAGER

Maternal grandparents

Karl F. SCHROEDER Augusta SIEFERT

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Birth — 1922
4 February 1922
Meriden, Connecticut, USA

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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut

Name: Dorothy R Blessing
event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Gender: Female
Age: 8
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1922
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
father's birthPlace: Pennsylvania
mother's birthPlace: Connecticut
enumeration district number: 152
family number: 141
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 67
nara publication: T626, roll 273
Film Number: 2340008
Digital Folder Number: 4531877
Image Number: 00734
Household Gender Age
parent William Blessing M 46
parent Agnes J Blessing F 45
William Blessing M 22
Howard E Blessing M 10
Dorothy R Blessing F 8

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut

Name: Dorothy Blessing
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922
Gender: Female
Race: White
BirthPlace: Connecticut
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Street: Goodwill Avenue
House Number: 89
Inferred Residence in 1935: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 4A
Household Members:
Name Age
William Blessing 56
Agnes Blessing 55
Howard Blessing 20
Dorothy Blessing 18

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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.

Dorothy Ruth BLESSING - Grave - Gethsemane Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Grave - Gethsemane Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Gethsemane Cemetery
Meriden, Connecticut, USA

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Death — 1945
29 January 1945
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
She died at the age of 23.

Obituary

MISS DOROTHY R BLESSING

Miss Dorothy R Blessing 22 daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Blessing of 89 Goodwill avenue died yesterday morning at her home after a long Illness. She was born In this city. Besides her parents surviving Her are a grandmother Mrs Sarah Blessing two brothers William H Blessing Jr and Pfe Howard F Blessing with the Army In England. The funeral will he held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Flatow home 48 Cook avenue with the Rev Paul Woy pastor of St John's Lutheran church of Relating. Burial will be In Gethsemane cemetery. Friends may call after 7 o'clock this evening at the funeral home.

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Record-Journal
Meriden, Connecticut
January 31, 1945

Funeral

DOROTHY R BLESSING
The funeral of Miss Dorothy R Blessing of 89 Goodwill avenue was held at 8:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the Flatow home 48 Cook avenue with the Rev Paul Woy officiating. Burial was in Gethsemane cemetery.

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Record-Journal
Meriden, Connecticut
February 2, 1945

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