William Richard HANSEN

Born

25 August 1908 , Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Died

13 August 1978 , Hollywood, Florida, USA

William Richard married Audrey Margaret CARROLL 6 October 1932 in North East, New York, USA .
Audrey Margaret CARROLL was born 7 October 1913 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Audrey Margaret died 23 October 1987 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Audrey Margaret was the child of John Louis CARROLL and Margaret Emma POEHLER .

Parents & Family of William Richard HANSEN

Parents of William Richard HANSEN

Father

Henry (Henrik) Valentin HANSEN

Mother

Henrietta Ruth BLESSING

Grandparents of William Richard HANSEN

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Maternal grandparents

Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of William Richard HANSEN

William Richard HANSEN married

Audrey Margaret CARROLL
Marriage date: 6 October 1932
Marriage place: North East, New York, USA
Source: Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, October 7, 1933

Audrey Margaret CARROLL was the child of John Louis CARROLL and Margaret Emma POEHLER

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Hartford Courant - Jul 10, 1932

MISS AUDREY MARGARET CARROLL The engagement of Miss Carroll to Mr William Richard Hansen son of Mr and Mrs Henry V Hansen of Congress Street is announced by ...

Hansen-Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carroll of Windsor Avenue, Wilson, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Audrey Carroll, to Mr. William Richard Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Hansen of Congress Street. The ceremony took place at Millerton, N. Y on October 6, 1932.

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Birth — 1908
25 August 1908
Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Name: William Hansen
birthPlace: Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Hartford Ward 6, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status: Single
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Denmark
mother's birthPlace: Connecticut
family number: 80
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
parent Hendrick V Hansen M 24y
parent Henrietta Hansen F 22y
William Hansen M 1y

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 Hartford County, Connecticut

Name: William R Hansen
Residence: , Hartford, Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1909
Age: 11
birthPlace: Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820184
Digital Folder Number: 4294454
Image Number: 00012
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age
parent Henry V Hansen M 32y
parent Henrietta Hansen F 31y
William R Hansen M 11y
Lester L Hansen M 6y

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 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Name: William R Hansen
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1909
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Denmark
mother's birthPlace: Connecticut
enumeration district number: 1
family number: 133
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 94
nara publication: T626, roll 262
Film Number: 2339997
Digital Folder Number: 4531866
Image Number: 00759
Household Gender Age
parent Henry Z Hansen M 44
parent Henrietta R Hansen F 42
William R Hansen M 21
Lester L Hansen M 17
Edwin D Hansen M 4

Source / record details
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

William Richard HANSEN - William and Lester Hansen

William and Lester Hansen

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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.

1932 Marriage / Partner
William Richard HANSEN and Audrey Margaret CARROLL 6 October 1932, North East, New York, USA (Millerton)

He was 24 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

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1936

Name: William R Hansen
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1936
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Clerk
Spouse:
Audrey M Hansen
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1936

Source / record details
ancestry.com

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 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Name: William Hansen
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 7, Hartford, Hartford Town, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1912
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 10-86
family number: 9
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 41
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 536
Digital Folder Number: 005461425
Image Number: 00251
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William Hansen M 28 Connecticut
wife Audrey Hansen F 25 Connecticut

Source / record details
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.

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1953

Name: William R Hansen
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1953
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Buyer
Spouse:
Audrey C Hansen
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1953

Source / record details
ancestry.com

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

1987 Death

First Name: William
Middle Name: R
Last Name: Hansen
Birth Date: Aug 25, 1908
Death Date: Aug 13, 1978
Age: 69
Death Location: Dade, FL
Record Type: Death Record
Collection: Florida State Death Records

Source Information
Source: Florida Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics
Years: 1970 - 1998
Description: This collection of Florida death records was compiled by the Florida State Department of Health, and covers years 1970 to 1998. When available each record contains the name of the deceased, death date, location, birth date, and age at death.
Address: PO Box 210 Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042

Death

HANSEN, WILLIAM 25 Aug 1908 Aug 1978 69-70 33020 (Hollywood, Broward, FL) 33020 (Hollywood, Broward, FL) Connecticut

Source / record details
Social Security Death Index
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