Birth — 191920 June 1919
Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA
1920 Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Name: Virginia A Goodrum
Residence: , Cheshire, New Hampshire
estimated Birth Year: 1920
Age: 0
birthPlace: New Hampshire
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1821006
Digital Folder Number: 4313299
Image Number: 01090
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age
parent Adam C Goodrum M 39y
parent Alice M Goodrum F 29y
Lee E Goodrum M 7y
Alda M Goodrum F 5y
Clyde A Goodrum M 1y11m
Virginia A Goodrum F 7m
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Name: Virginia A Goodrum
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: New Hampshire
estimated Birth Year: 1920
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
father's birthPlace: Tennessee
mother's birthPlace: New Hampshire
enumeration district number: 33
family number: 98
Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Line Number: 25
nara publication: T626, roll 1299
Film Number: 2341034
Digital Folder Number: 4610731
Image Number: 00477
Household Gender Age
parent Adam C Goodrum M 49
parent Alice M Goodrum F 40
Lee E Goodrum M 17
Alta M Goodrum F 15
Clyde A Goodrum M 12
Virginia A Goodrum F 10
Adam C Goodrum M 9
Robert E Goodrum M 7
Laura E Goodrum F 3
Lewis A Mahogany M 59
Martha R Mahogany F 60
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1939 Marriage / PartnerVirginia Alice GOODRUM and Karl Stanton READ 22 September 1939, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA
She was 20 years old.
1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Name: Virginia A Goodrum
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New Hampshire
State of Residence: New Hampshire
County or City: Cheshire
Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1943
Enlistment State: New Hampshire
Enlistment City: Manchester
Branch: Womens Army Corps
Branch Code: Womens Army Corps
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: Womens Army Corps
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Stenographers and typists
Marital Status: Divorced, without dependents
Height: 88
Weight: 999
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923.
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.
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.
1959 Marriage / PartnerVirginia Alice GOODRUM and Earl Raymond BAKER 20 June 1959, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
She was 40 years old.
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.
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.
1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.
1988 Death of Spouse/PartnerKarl Stanton READ died 21 March 1988, New Bern, North Carolina, USA (Newbern)
1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
1997 Death of Spouse/PartnerEarl Raymond BAKER died 5 March 1997, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA
2001 Marriage / PartnerVirginia Alice GOODRUM and Herbert Remington BENEDICT 21 July 2001, , New Hampshire, USA
She was 82 years old.
2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
2008 Death of Spouse/PartnerHerbert Remington BENEDICT died 22 March 2008, Keene, New Hampshire, USA
Obituary
Virginia G. Benedict, 99, of Keene, passed away on January 14, 2019 at the American House Keene, formerly known as Bentley Commons.
She was born on June 20, 1919 in Westmoreland, the daughter of Adam and Alice (Sullivan) Goodrum. She was a graduate of Keene High School, Class of 1937.
From 1940 to 1943 Virginia was employed by Faulkner and Colony Manufacturing Company in Keene as a stenographer.
In 1943 Virginia began her service in the Army of the United States as a WAC in Basic Training during World War II. She was assigned as a General Clerk in Fort Banks, Boston, MA before becoming a stenographer for Eisenhower Headquarters staff and was stationed in Frankfort, Germany.
In 2001 Virginia married Herbert Remington Benedict. Together they enjoyed traveling on land and sea.
Virginia leaves behind three nephews: Robert Lewis of Cheyenne, WY, Jerry Lewis of Lynchburg, VA, and John Goodrum of Malta; a niece: Alice Goodrum of Fort Bragg, CA; and a brother-in-law: David
Source / record details
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Death — 201914 January 2019
Keene, New Hampshire, USA
She died at the age of 99.
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