Wesley Harry BEAN

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19 June 1916 , Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Died

20 August 1971 , Westborough, Massachusetts, USA

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Harry Edward BEAN Mabel E RHEEL

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Born: 19 June 1916 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Harry Edward BEAN

Mother: Mabel E RHEEL

Paternal grandparents: Joseph E BEAN , Emma SHOULTS

Maternal grandparents: George Phillip RHEEL , Minna Ernestine "Minnie Alice" THEINERT

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Wesley Harry married Silena Elnora PERRY abt. 1939 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Silena Elnora PERRY was born 8 October 1919 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA (East, North) (Gonic). Silena Elnora died 5 December 2002 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. Silena Elnora was the child of Perley Dennis PERRY and Gladys Belle FOGG.

Wesley Harry BEAN died 20 August 1971 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA .

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Wesley Harry BEAN married

Silena Elnora PERRY
Marriage date: abt. 1939
Marriage place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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Silena Elnora PERRY was the child of Perley Dennis PERRY and Gladys Belle FOGG

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Name: Wesley Harry Bean

Marriage Year: 1939

Marriage Place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Index Volume Number: 115

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.115

Name: Sllena Blnora Perry

Marriage Year: 1939

Marriage Place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Index Volume Number: 123

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.123

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

Children of Wesley Harry BEAN and Silena Elnora PERRY

Wesley Harry BEAN

Born: 25 January 1940, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 22 July 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Sandra Elnora BEAN

Born: 9 August 1944, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2 September 2010, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Unknown UNKNOWN

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1916 Birth
Newton, Massachusetts
June 19, 1916
Harry Wesley Bean
son of Harry E Bean and Mabel E Rheel
11 Faxon St Wd 1, Newton
father is a painter

Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920
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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 - 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)

1930 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
name: Wesley Bean
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 13
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1917
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: New Hampshire
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 365
family number: 382
sheet number and letter: 21A
line number: 23
nara publication: T626, roll 926
film number: 2340661
digital folder number: 4607662
image number: 00291
Household Gender Age
parent Harry Bean M 43
parent Mabel Bean F 41
Wesley Bean M 13

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 Newton, MA
newtonfreelibrary.net/ digital_newton/ Assessed_Polls/ 1940.pdf

48 Cook St, Newton

Bean, Mabel E., b. '87, laundry
Bean, Silena E., b. '19, home
Bean, Wesley H., b. '16, timekpr

1940 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Name: Wesley Bean
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Faxon Street
House Number: 75
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 1B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Wesley Bean 23
Silena E Bean 20
Wesley Bean 2/ 12
Mable Bean 51
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 Birth of Child
Wesley Harry BEAN was born 25 January 1940, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Wesley Harry was 23 years old.

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 Newton, Massachusetts
Allison Street
72 Bean, Silena E., b. '19, housewife
72 Bean, Wesley H., b. '16, Laborer

Peabody Street
5 Bean, Mabel E., b. '88, at home

Author: Newton (Mass.). Election Commission
Volume: 1944
Subject: Voting registers; Registers of births, etc
Publisher: [Newton, Mass.] : Election Commission
Language: English

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.

1944 Birth of Child
Sandra Elnora BEAN was born 9 August 1944, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Wesley Harry was 28 years old.

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 Newton, Massachusetts
Allison street
72 Bean, Mabel, b. '88, at home
72 Bean, Silena E., b. '18, housewife
72 Bean, Wesley H., b. '16, laborer

Author: Newton (Mass.). Election Commission
Volume: 1945
Subject: Voting registers; Registers of births, etc
Publisher: [Newton, Mass.] : Election Commission

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)

1949 Newton, Massachusetts
West Street
57-R Bean, Silena E., b. '19, housewife
57-R, Bean, Wesley H., b. '16, sheet metal worker

Author: Newton (Mass.). Election Commission
Volume: 1949
Subject: Voting registers; Registers of births, etc
Publisher: [Newton, Mass.] : Election Commission
Year: 1889
Language: English

1950 - Newton, Massachusetts
Name: Wesley Bean
Age: 33
Birth Date: abt 1917
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 187
Household Members Age Relationship
Wesley Bean 33 Head
Silena Bean
29 Wife
Wesley Bean Jr
10 Son
Stanley Bean
8 Son
Sandra Bean
5 Daughter
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1951 Newton, Massachusetts
57-R Bean, Silena, E., b. '19, housewife
57-R Bean, Wesley H., b. '16, sheet metal worker

Author: Newton (Mass.). Election Commission
Volume: 1951
Subject: Voting registers; Registers of births, etc
Publisher: [Newton, Mass.] : Election Commission
Year: 1889
Language: English

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.

1958 Newton, Massachusetts
West Street
20 Bean, Silena, E., housewife, b. 1919
20 Bean, Wesley H., unemployed, b. 1916

Author: Newton (Mass.). Election Commission
Volume: 1958 wds.1-3 FOLIO
Subject: Voting registers; Registers of births, etc
Publisher: [Newton, Mass.] : Election Commission
Language: English
Call number: 39999059987790

1959 Newton, Massachusetts
West Street
20 Bean, Silena E.

Author: Newton (Mass.). Registrars of Voters
Volume: 1959 II ward2 prcnt.1-5
Subject: Voting registers
Publisher: [Newton, Mass : The Town, ]
Language: English

1960 Newton, Massachusetts
West Street
20 Bean, Silena E.

Author: Newton (Mass.). Registrars of Voters
Volume: 1960 wards1-8
Subject: Voting registers
Publisher: [Newton, Mass : The Town, ]
Language: English

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

1971 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
name: Wesley H Bean
event: Death
event date: 20 Aug 1971
event place: Westborough, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 033848
birth date:
birthplace: Unknown Nativity
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Death
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Wesley Bean
Date of Birth: Monday June 19, 1916
Date of Death: July 1971
Est. Age at death: 55 years
Last known residence:
City: Westborough
County: Worcester
State: Massachusetts
ZIP Code: 01581
Latitude: 42.2681
Longitude: -71.6145
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Massachusetts
Number: 030-10-4137
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