Samuel Ethan ALLEN

(b. 1 July 1926 , Brooklyn, New York, USA d. 7 November 1963 , Manhattan, New York, USA )

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Samuel Ethan ALLEN was born 1 July 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Samuel Ethan ALLEN was the child of Samuel Ethan ALLEN and Eleanor May THEINERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Samuel ALLEN and Leonora DEUBRE (maternal) Herman August THEINERT and Annie MCQUILLAN

Samuel Ethan was a soldier in World War II.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Samuel Ethan married Gertrude KETTENBACH August 1955 in Queens, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Gertrude KETTENBACH was born 17 January 1930 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights). Gertrude was the child of Henry KETTENBACH and Gertrude UNKNOWN.

Samuel Ethan ALLEN died 7 November 1963 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

Samuel died in the Rockville Centre section of Hempstead, New York.

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Samuel Ethan ALLEN married

Gertrude KETTENBACH-- Date: August 1955 Place: Queens, New York, USA
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Gertrude KETTENBACH was the child of Henry KETTENBACH and Gertrude UNKNOWN

Name: Gertrude Kettenbach
Gender: Female
Marriage License Date: 1955
Marriage License Place: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse:
Samuel Allen
License Number: 6564

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Children of Samuel Ethan ALLEN and Gertrude KETTENBACH:

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Christopher Ethan ALLEN (b.February 24 1957, Oyster Bay, New York, USA d. June 9 2024, Baden, Austria)

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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
Shooting the Chutes, Coney Island, 1907

The ride was built by Paul Boyton and Thomas Polk around 1895 for Sea Lion Park at Coney Island.
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
Post Office
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
View of Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint, 1912
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
Prospect Theatre, 9th St. and 5th Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.

"B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre opened its doors on Ninth Street at Fifth Avenue in Prospect Park on September 7, 1914. After the Final Curtain explains that at the time of its construction, it was heralded as an engineering marvel with its woodless construction and floating balcony that was advertised as being able to bear the weight of ten of the world's heaviest locomotives... The theater closed its doors in 1967..." ny.curbed.com
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Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
Coney Island Theatre Building
Surf and Stillwell Aves.
Coney Island, N.Y.

The Shore Theater is a former theater in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. The seven-story neo-Renaissance Revival building, with office space as well as a theater, is located at the intersection of Surf and Stillwell Avenues, across from Nathan's Famous and the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station. wikipedia

"The Shore Theatre opened as the Loew’s Coney Island Theatre on June 17, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. The 2,387 seat theater was built by the Chanin Construction Company..." afterthefinalcurtain.net
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Birth
Name: Samuel E Allen
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1926
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 23057

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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

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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)

1930 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
East 23rd St

Samuel E Allen, 48, head, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. VA, broker, NY Stock Exchange

Eleanor May Allen, 37, wife, b. NY, father b. MA, mother b. CT

B Elizabeth Allen, daughter, 15, b. NY

Anne D Allen, daughter, 13, b. NY

Eleanor M Allen, daughter, 9, b. NY

Samuel E Allen, son, 3, b. NY
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - 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 Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Name: Samuel Etham Allen Junior
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Street: Cambridge Avenue
House Number: 107
Inferred Residence in 1935: Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 11B
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Ethar Allen 58
Eleanor May Allen 47
Beatrice Eliza Allen 25
Eleanor May Allen 20
Samuel Etham Allen 13
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 Army Enlistment
Name: Samuel E Allen Jr
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New York
State of Residence: New York
County or City: Nassau

Enlistment Date: 16 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: New York
Enlistment City: New York City
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Embalmers and undertakers
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
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Military Service
Name: Samuel E Jr Allen
Service Info.: TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1926
Death Date: 7 Nov 1963
Service Start Date: 16 Oct 1944
Interment Date: 11 Nov 1963
Cemetery: Long Island National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 2040 Wellwood Avenue Farmingdale, NY 11735-1211
Buried At: Section 2h Site 3630

National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
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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 - Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Name: Samuel E Allen
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Samuel E Allen
68 Head
Eleanor May Allen
57 Wife
Samuel E Allen 23 Son
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1955 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Ethan ALLEN and Gertrude KETTENBACH August 1955, Queens, New York, USA

He was 29 years old.

1957 Birth of Child
Christopher Ethan ALLEN was born February 24 1957, Oyster Bay, New York, USA (Massapequa)

Samuel Ethan was 30 years old.

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.

Death
ALLEN, SAMUEL 01 Jul 1926 Nov 1963 37 (not specified) (none specified) New York 111-16-9187

Social Security Death Index

Name: Samuel Allen
Age: 37
Birth Date: abt 1926
Death Date: 7 Nov 1963
Death Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 23953

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New York Times
New York, New York
Nov 9, 1963

Samuel Ethan ALLEN - Grave Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA

Grave
Long Island National Cemetery
Farmingdale
Suffolk County
New York, USA

Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA, Plot: 2H, 3630
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Samuel is buried at: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA, Plot: 2H, 3630

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