Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Name: Leonille Lippe
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Event Date: 26 Oct 1911
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
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father: Omer Lippe
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mother: Marie L. Peloquin
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volume/ page/ certificate number: 417
Film Number: 2409267
Digital Folder Number: 4401715
Image Number: 939
'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXVW-KWW : accessed 06 Feb 2013), Omer Lippe in entry for Leonille Lippe, 1911.
Source / record detailsMassachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
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Birth — 191126 October 1911
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
1920 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sophie Lippe living on Pine St. in Southbridge, MA at age 69. Living with her are: son Omer 34, granddaughter Janet 9, grandson Lionel 8, granddaughter Gertrude 4. Omer is an operator in a glass shop.

Nel Lippe, Edgar Tremblay, Gene Tremblay
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Jeannette, Nel, Gert
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1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Jeannette Lippe is age 20. She is a lodger, living on Oakes Ave. in Southbridge, MA with Eusebe Laliberte and family. She was b. MA and is an inspector in an optical shop. Living with her are: Eusebe Laliberte, head, age 36, b. MA, chaueffer for trucking co.; Amanda, wife, age 40, b. MA; Parmelia, daughter, age 16, b. MA; Albert, son, age 12, b. MA; Lionel Lippe, lodger, age 18, b. MA, grinder in optical shop.
Name: Leonel Lippe
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1912
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Relationship to Head of Household: Lodger
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0270
family number: 213
Sheet Number and Letter: 9A
Line Number: 22
nara publication: T626, roll 965
Film Number: 2340700
Digital Folder Number: 4607701
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l to r: Gidou, Gene Tremblay, Nel Lippe
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Eugene Tremblay and Nel Lippe
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1933 Marriage / PartnerLionel Leo LIPPE and Germaine Doris FOURNIER 2 September 1933, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
He was 21 years old.

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1936
Lippe, Lionel (Germaine), emp Am Op Co, h 79 Oliver
Source / record details1936 Massachusetts City Directory - Southbridge
Southbridge (MA)

Nel and Suzanne Metras
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1940 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
23 Henry Street
Lippe Lionel, head, 28, b. MA
Lippe Germaine, wife, 25, b. CT
Lippe Donald, son, 3, b. MA
Carmel Felix, head, 30, b. RI
Carmel Gertrude, wife, 24, b. MA
Carmel Rita, daughter, 1, b. MA

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1940 Birth of ChildDoris Janet LIPPE was born 12 December 1940, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
Lionel Leo was 29 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.

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.
1949
Lippe, Lionel (Germaine), emp Am Op Co, h 92 Charlton
1962 Marriage of ChildDoris Janet LIPPE married 25 August 1962, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Paul N COURNOYER
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.
1965
Lippe, Lionel L (Germaine D), optical wkr AO, h 139 South
Source / record detailsPolk's Southbridge (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory 1965
Southbridge (MA)

45 years working at the American Optical Co. in Southbridge
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45 years working at the American Optical Co. in Southbridge
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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)

Jeannette Lippe Tremblay, Nel Lippe, Gert Lippe Carmel
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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)
1995 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
Name: Lionel L Lippe
event: Death
Event Date: 23 Jul 1995
Event Place: Worcester, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 050442
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1911
birthPlace: Massachusetts
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Grave of Lionel Lippe. St. George's Cemetery, Southbridge, MA.
St. George’s Cemetery
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
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Obituary
LIONEL J. LIPPE, 83
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
July 25, 1995
Estimated printed pages: 1
SOUTHBRIDGE - Lionel J. Lippe, 83, of 61 Fiske St., a longtime prescription technician at American Optical Co., died Sunday at The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts - Memorial, Worcester, after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 61 years, Germaine D. (Fournier) Lippe; two sons, Donald R. Lippe of South Windsor, Conn., and Dennis P. Lippe of Southbridge; two daughters, Doris J. Cournoyer of Turners Falls and Paulette J. Theodoss of Sturbridge; two sisters, Jeanette Tremblay of Spencer and Gertrude Carmel of Southbridge; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He was born in Southbridge, son of Omer and Mary Louise (Peloquin) Lippe, and lived here all his life.
He was a prescription technician at American Optical Co. for 48 years, retiring in 1974.
Mr. Lippe was a member of the American Optical Quarter Century Club.
A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in
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