Guy Donovan HARWOOD

Born

21 July 1906 , Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Died

14 January 1985 , Pensacola, Florida, USA

Age: 79

Guy Donovan married Ruth Mary CROSSIN 01 March 1941 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ruth Mary CROSSIN was born 8 December 1915 in Savoy, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth Mary died 21 July 1994 in Summerville, South Carolina, USA. Ruth Mary was the child of Thomas George CROSSIN and Mary Clarissa RISLEY .

Parents & Family of Guy Donovan HARWOOD

Parents of Guy Donovan HARWOOD

Father

Guy Forrest HARWOOD

Mother

Iva Adelaide WATERMAN

Grandparents of Guy Donovan HARWOOD

Paternal grandparents

Gilbert B HARWOOD Nellie C BARRETT

Maternal grandparents

Herbert Dana WATERMAN Harriet "Hattie" Alphine HARRICK

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guy Donovan HARWOOD

Guy Donovan HARWOOD married

Ruth Mary CROSSIN
Marriage date: 01 March 1941
Marriage place: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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Ruth Mary CROSSIN was the child of Thomas George CROSSIN and Mary Clarissa RISLEY

Marriage notes:

Name: Guy Donovan Harwood

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 01 Mar 1941

Event Place: Brattleboro, , Vermont, United States

Gender: Male

Age:

Birth Year (Estimated):

Father's Name:

Mother's Name:

Spouse's Name: Ruth Mary Crossin

Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Crossin

Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Risley

GS Film number: 1984919

Digital Folder Number: 004703701

Image Number: 02267

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Donovan Harwood and Ruth Mary Crossin, 1941.

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1906

Name: Guy Donovan Harwood
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 21 Jul 1906
Event Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Guy Forrest Harwood
Mother's Name: Iva Adelaide Waterman
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 540098
Digital Folder Number: 004357252
Image Number: 01988

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XF8Y-8Q3 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Forrest Harwood in entry for Guy Donovan Harwood, 1906.

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Birth — 1906
21 July 1906
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Guy Donovan HARWOOD - Birth Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

Birth
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

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1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Name: Donovan Harwood
BirthPlace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Vermont
Mother's BirthPlace: Vermont
Family Number: 404
Page Number: 16
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Guy F Harwood M 30y Vermont
WIFE Iva A Harwood F 30y Vermont
DAU Dorothy G Harwood F 9y Vermont
SON Francis M Harwood M 6y Vermont
SON Donovan Harwood M 4y Vermont
SON Gilbert W Harwood M 2y Vermont
DAU I Wenona Harwood F 0y 6m New Hampshire

'United States Census, 1910,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MLZM-6VC : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Donovan Harwood in household of Guy F Harwood, Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire; citing sheet 16A, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374873.

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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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont

Name: G Donovan Harwood
Residence: , Windham, Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1907
Age: 13
BirthPlace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Film Number: 1821876
Digital Folder Number: 4390960
Image Number: 00076
Sheet Number: 18
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Guy Harwood M 38y Vermont
WIFE Ira A Harwood F 40y Vermont
DAU Dorothy G Harwood F 18y Vermont
SON Francis M Harwood M 16y Vermont
SON G Donovan Harwood M 13y Vermont
SON Gilbert W Harwood M 11y Vermont
DAU I Winona Harwood F 10y New Hampshire
SON Gerald S Harwood M 8y Vermont

'United States Census, 1920,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MZT1-CJ2 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), G Donovan Harwood in household of Guy Harwood, , Windham, Vermont; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 18B, family 441, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm

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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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont

Name: G Donovan Harwood
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
BirthPlace: Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1907
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's BirthPlace: Vermont
Mother's BirthPlace: Vermont
Enumeration District Number: 0005
Family Number: 210
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 98
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2432
Film Number: 2342166
Digital Folder Number: 4547830
Image Number: 00711
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Guy F Harwood M 49 Vermont
Wife Iva W Harwood F 50 Vermont
Son G Donovan Harwood M 23 Vermont

'United States Census, 1930,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XMZX-ZBL : accessed 27 Mar 2013), G Donovan Harwood in entry for Guy F Harwood, 1930.

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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 Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont

Name: Donovan Harwood
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Brattleboro, Brattleboro Town, Windham, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Son
BirthPlace: Vermont
Estimated Birth Year: 1907
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 13-6
Family Number: 40
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 44
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 4239
Digital Folder Number: 005461787
Image Number: 00149
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Iva Harwood F 60 Vermont
Son Donovan Harwood M 33 Vermont

'United States Census, 1940,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VYHV-5HT : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Donovan Harwood in household of Iva Harwood, Brattleboro, Brattleboro Town, Windham, Vermont, United

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

1941

Name: Guy D Harwood
Name (Original): HARWOOD GUY D
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 24 Feb 1941
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Event Place: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1906
BirthPlace: VERMONT
Education Level: 1 year of high school
Civilian Occupation: Unskilled general woodworking occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Corporal
Army Branch: Infantry
Army Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: National Guard
Serial Number: 20152165
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 03323.54

'United States, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KMF3-VP7 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy D Harwood, 24 Feb 1941.

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World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

1941 Marriage / Partner
Guy Donovan HARWOOD and Ruth Mary CROSSIN 01 March 1941, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

He was 34 years old.

Guy Donovan HARWOOD - 1941 marriage Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

1941 marriage
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

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

1943

Name: Guy D Harwood
Name (Original): HARWOOD GUY D
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 21 Jul 1943
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
Event Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1906
BirthPlace: VERMONT
Education Level: 1 year of high school
Civilian Occupation: Skilled general woodworking occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: No branch assignment
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 31349497
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 04303.152

'United States, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946,' index, FamilySearch

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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

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.

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

Name: Guy D Harwood
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Divorce
Event Date: 17 Apr 1974
Event Place: Escambia, Florida
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ruth
Spouse's Name Suffix:
Certificate Number: 016054
Volume: 1818

'Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VK3W-366 : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy D Harwood and Ruth, 1974.

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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

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1985

Name: Guy Donovan Harwood
Name Prefix:
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Jan 1985
Event Place: Escambia, Florida, United States
Gender: Unknown
Age: 78
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated):
Affiliate File Name: Fdi11.txt
Affiliate Line Number: 91860
Affiliate CD Number: FDI11
Certificate Number: 4957
Volume Number:
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'Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VVWN-KRX : accessed 27 Mar 2013), Guy Donovan Harwood, 1985.

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