Robert Leroy ALMY

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11 August 1907 , Auburn, New York, USA

Died

3 May 2002 , Manhattan, New York, USA

Age: 95

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Claude Eugene ALMY Frances Lockwood CALHOUN

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Born: 11 August 1907 in Auburn, New York, USA

Father: Claude Eugene ALMY

Mother: Frances Lockwood CALHOUN

Paternal grandparents: Henry ALMY , Huldah Maria SHARPSTEEN

Maternal grandparents: James Nichols CALHOUN , Evaline A THORNTON

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Robert Leroy married Helen Georgia BISSELL 21 June 1943 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helen Georgia BISSELL was born 15 April 1912 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Helen Georgia died 21 May 1994 in Greenburgh, New York, USA (Tarrytown) (Hartsdale). Helen Georgia was the child of Raymond BISSELL and Helen WARREN.

Robert Leroy ALMY died 3 May 2002 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

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Name: Robert L Almy
School: University of Buffalo
School Location: Buffalo, New York, USA
Year: 1930
Yearbook Title: The Iris

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Robert Leroy ALMY married

Helen Georgia BISSELL
Marriage date: 21 June 1943
Marriage place: Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
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Helen Georgia BISSELL was the child of Raymond BISSELL and Helen WARREN

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Name: Robert Lroy Almy

Event Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1908

Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1943

Marriage Place: Lincoln, Massachusetts

Marriage Age: 35

Father Name: C Eugene Almy

Mother Name: France Calhoun

Spouse Name: Helen Georgia Bissell

Spouse Marriage Age: 31

Spouse Father Name: Rayamond Bissell

Spouse Mother Name: Helen Warren

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

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Birth — 1907
11 August 1907
Auburn, New York, USA

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: Robert L Almy
Event Place: Auburn Ward 10, Cayuga, New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Immigration Year:
Birthplace: New York
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Household ID: 65
Page: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF C Eugene Almy M 44y New York
WIFE Frances Almy F 43y New York
SON Henry C Almy M 13y New York
SON Willis E Almy M 9y New York
SON Robert L Almy M 2y New York
MOTH Hulda Almy F 70y New York
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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 - 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

1925 Auburn, Cayuga, New York
Name: Robert L Almy
Also Known As Name:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1925
Event Place: Auburn Ward 10, A.D. 01, E.D. 02, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Nationality: United States
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Grandson
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Years in United States:
House Number: 133
Page: 26
Line Number: 21
1925 New York State Census
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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

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)

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 - 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)

World War II Army Enlistment - 1942
Name: Robert L Almy
Name (Original): ALMY ROBERT L
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 09 Apr 1942
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: Ft Jay, Governors Island, New York, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1907
Birthplace: NEW YORK
Education Level: 4 years of college
Civilian Occupation: Teachers (secondary school) and principals
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 32310959
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 04952.159
World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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1943 Marriage / Partner
Robert Leroy ALMY and Helen Georgia BISSELL 21 June 1943, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA

He was 35 years old.

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 - 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)

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.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

1994 Death of Spouse/Partner
Helen Georgia BISSELL died 21 May 1994, Greenburgh, New York, USA (Tarrytown) (Hartsdale)

2001 - George W. Bush becomes President of the United States

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.

Death
Given Name: Robert
Middle Name: L
Surname: Almy
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 11 August 1907
Social Security Number: 104-16-5689
State: New York
Last Place of Residence: New York, New York
Previous Residence Postal Code: 10025
Event Date: 3 May 2002
Age: 95

'United States Social Security Death Index,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ JKPP-3MF : accessed 27 Jun 2013), Robert L Almy, 3 May 2002.
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