Theodore Hayford BRADEEN

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3 August 1907 , Sumner, Maine, USA

Died

6 June 2005 , West Paris, Maine, USA

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Perley Stanwood BRADEEN Glennis HAYFORD

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Born: 3 August 1907 in Sumner, Maine, USA

Father: Perley Stanwood BRADEEN

Mother: Glennis HAYFORD

Paternal grandparents: Charles Theodore BRADEEN , Ella Gertrude KEENE

Maternal grandparents: William P HAYFORD , Lilla G REED

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Theodore Hayford married Ora Frances BUNKER 15 June 1946 in Maine, USA . Ora Frances BUNKER was born 18 January 1921 in Augusta, Maine, USA. Ora Frances died 11 July 1999 in West Paris, Maine, USA. Ora Frances was the child of Rhoden Thurston BUNKER and Alice Adrle PELTON.

Theodore Hayford BRADEEN died 6 June 2005 in West Paris, Maine, USA.
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Theodore Hayford BRADEEN married

Ora Frances BUNKER
Marriage date: 15 June 1946
Marriage place: , Maine, USA
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Ora Frances BUNKER was the child of Rhoden Thurston BUNKER and Alice Adrle PELTON

Marriage notes:

Name: Theodore H Bradeen

Event Type: Marriage

Residence Place: Sumner, Me

Event Date: 15 Jun 1946

Event Place: Maine, United States

Spouse's Name: Ora F Bunker

Spouse's Residence Place: Augusta, Me

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"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Theodore H Bradeen and Ora F Bunker, 1946.

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1907 Birth
Name: Theodore Hayford Bradeen
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Aug 1907
Event Place: Sumner,,Maine
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Perly S Bradeen
Mother's Name: Gladys E Stafford
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 9901
Digital Folder Number: 4543979
Image Number: 02987

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Sumner, Oxford, Maine
Name: Theodore H Bradeen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Sumner, Oxford, Maine, United States
District: 206
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Household ID: 149
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374556
Digital Folder Number: 004330012
Image Number: 01330
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Perley S Bradeen M 28 Maine
Wife Glenis E Bradeen F 24 Maine
Son Theodore H Bradeen M 2 Maine
Son Raymond R Bradeen M 1 Maine
Brother Wilmer Bradeen M 23 Maine
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Sumner, Oxford, Maine
Name: Theodore Bradeen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Sumner, Oxford, Maine, United States
District: 131
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Household ID: 70
Line Number: 22
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820648
Digital Folder Number: 004301003
Image Number: 00286
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Perley Bradeen M 38 Maine
Wife Glennie Bradeen F 33 Maine
Son Theodore Bradeen M 12 Maine
Son Raymond Bradeen M 11 Maine
Son Norman Bradeen M 3 Maine
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Sumner, Oxford, Maine
Name: Theadore H Bradeen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Sumner, Oxford, Maine, United States
District: 0052
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1908
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Household ID: 78
Line Number: 82
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 836
GS Film number: 2340571
Digital Folder Number: 004584736
Image Number: 00585
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Perly S Bradeen M 48 Maine
Wife Glenis E Bradeen F 45 Maine
Son Theadore H Bradeen M 22 Maine
Son Raymond R Bradeen M 21 Maine
Son Norman S Bradeen M 13 Maine
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 Sumner, Oxford, Maine
Name: Theodore H Bradeen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Sumner Town, Oxford, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 9-59
Family Number: 83
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 70
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1485
Digital Folder Number: 005462029
Image Number: 00540
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Perley S Bradeen M 59 Maine
Wife Glenis E Bradeen F 54 Maine
Son Theodore H Bradeen M 33 Maine
Son Raymond Bradeen M 32 Maine
Son Norman S Bradeen M 23 Maine
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - 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.

1946 Marriage / Partner
Theodore Hayford BRADEEN and Ora Frances BUNKER 15 June 1946, , Maine, USA

He was 38 years old.

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

1999 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ora Frances BUNKER died 11 July 1999, West Paris, Maine, USA

West Paris, Maine
Name: Theodore H Bradeen
Titles and Terms (Original):
Also Known As:
2nd Also Known As Name:
3rd Also Known As Name:
Residence Date: 13 Nov 2000
Residence Place: West Paris, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 03 Aug 1907
Phone Number: (207) 674-2162
Phone Number Recorded Date: 01 Jan 2004
Address: 3640 Po Box
Address Continued: West Paris, Maine 04289
Address Date: 13 Nov 2000
2nd Address: 3640 PO Box
2nd Address Continued: West Paris, Maine 04289
2nd Address Date: 01 Dec 1993-13 Nov 2000
3rd Address: 3640 RR 1 Box
3rd Address Continued: West Paris, Maine 04289
3rd Address Date: 01 Dec 1985
4th Address:
4th Address Continued:
4th Address Date:
5th Address:
5th Address Continued:
5th Address Date:
6th Address:
6th Address Continued:
6th Address Date:
Possible Relatives: Frances O Bradeen
Record Number: 26953050

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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: Theodore
Middle Name:
Surname: Bradeen
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 3 August 1907
Social Security Number: 004-12-5812
State: Maine
Last Place of Residence: West paris, Oxford, Maine
Previous Residence Postal Code: 04289
Event Date: 6 June 2005
Age: 98

'United States Social Security Death Index,' index, FamilySearch.org