Robert Mott HESSLER

(b. 15 November 1920 , Tonawanda, New York, USA d. 11 April 1945 , Germany )
Cause of Death: killed in action

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Robert Mott HESSLER was born 15 November 1920 in Tonawanda, New York, USA

Robert Mott HESSLER was the child of Emory Irving HESSLER and Arlene Frances RACE and the grandchild of: (paternal) James Irving HESSLER and Clara Belle VAN ALSTINE (maternal) Will Claude RACE and Mary Zeta CROWLEY

Robert Mott was a soldier in World War II.

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Robert Mott HESSLER died 11 April 1945 in Germany.

Robert was born in Kenmore village in Tonawanda, NY.

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1920 Birth
15 November 1920
Tonawanda, New York, USA

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))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Kenmore, Erie, New York
name: Robert M Hessler
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Kenmore, Erie, New York
gender: Male
age: 9
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: New York
estimated birth year: 1921
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
enumeration district number: 0460
family number: 540
sheet number and letter: 21A
line number: 8
nara publication: T626, roll 1437
film number: 2341172
digital folder number: 4661107
image number: 00257
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Emory I Hessler M 38 New York
wife Arlene R Hessler F 36 New York
son Robert M Hessler M 9 New York
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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)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

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 Kenmore, Tonawanda, Erie, New York
name: Robert M Hessler
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Kenmore, Tonawanda Town, Erie, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 19
marital status: Single
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthplace: New York
estimated birth year: 1921
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 15-159
family number: 319
sheet number and letter: 61B
line number: 16
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 2531
digital folder number: 005458198
image number: 00202
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Emory Hessler M 48 New York
wife Arlene R Hessler F 46 New York
son Robert M Hessler M 19 New York
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

World War II Army Enlistment - 1943
name: Robert M Hessler
name (original): Robert M Hessler
event: Military Service
event date: 19 Feb 1943
term of enlistment:
event place: Utica, New York, United States
residence:
race: White
citizenship: citizen
birth year: 1920
birthplace: NEW YORK
education: 3 years of college
civilian occupation:
marital status: Single, without dependents
rank: Private
army branch: Military Intelligence
army component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
source of army personnel: Civil Life
serial number: 32749364
nara publication title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
arc identifier: 1263923
card, box and reel number: 05592.222

'United States, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KMJX-98L : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Robert M Hessler, 19 Feb 1943.
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