James Francis GOODE

Born

22 April 1906 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

12 May 1955 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 49

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Joseph Michael GOODE Catherine Josephine PENDERGAST

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Born: 22 April 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Joseph Michael GOODE

Mother: Catherine Josephine PENDERGAST

Paternal grandparents: Thomas F GOODE , Bridget Annie NORTON

Maternal grandparents: James PENDERGAST , Elizabeth "Lizzie" REGAN (RAGAN)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

James Francis married Vivian Louise FEIGE 17 February 1936 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Vivian Louise FEIGE was born 22 March 1914 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville). Vivian Louise died 27 December 1976 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. Vivian Louise was the child of Willard S FEIGE and Anna R KORCH.

James Francis GOODE died 12 May 1955 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

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James was 48. He was survived by his wife Vivian (Fiege) Goode and by their 3 sons: James D (USAF Biloxi Miss), Timothy F and Peter T, both of Dudley. James worked for New England Tel. and Tel. Co for 23 years. (Boston Globe Sat May 14, 1955 p 10).

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Vivian Louise FEIGE
Marriage date: 17 February 1936
Marriage place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Vivian Louise FEIGE was the child of Willard S FEIGE and Anna R KORCH

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Vivian L FEIGE Vivian L and James F Goode Feb 17 1936, 40:21 1936 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Marriage

Children of James Francis GOODE and Vivian Louise FEIGE

James Dicker GOODE

Born: 13 August 1936, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 October 2000, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Unknown UNKNOWN 1967

Married: Carol A MILLETTE 1971

Timothy Francis GOODE

Born: 3 September 1938, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 May 2009, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Unknown UNKNOWN

Married: Lesley A PLOUFFE? SCUDDS? 1987

Peter Thomas GOODE

Born: 10 February 1943, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 22 July 2002, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth
April 22, 1906
James Goode
born in Boston, Massachusetts
son of Joseph M Goode and Catherine J Pendergast
both parents born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Volume 561, Page 105

Name: James Goode
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1906
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Joseph Michael Goode
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Catherine Josephine Pendergast
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09679-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 596119
Reference ID: 4686

'Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FHBZ-TV6 : accessed 17 Oct 2013), Joseph Michael Goode in entry for James Goode, 22 Apr 1906.
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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: James Goode
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Boston Ward 18, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
District: 1525
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Sheet Number and Letter: 14B
Household ID: 307
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374634
Digital Folder Number: 004330102
Image Number: 00033
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John J Clark M 38 Massachusetts
Wife Mary E Clark F 32 Massachusetts
Head Joseph M Goode M 34 Massachusetts
Wife Catherine J Goode F 34 Massachusetts
Son Joseph M Goode Jr. M 16...Read full story

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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 - Boston, Massachusetts
Name: James Goode
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
District: 324
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Household ID: 197
Line Number: 83
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820735
Digital Folder Number: 004311560
Image Number: 00294
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Joseph M Goode M 44 Massachusetts
Wife Catherine J Goode F 43 Massachusetts
Daughter Catherine R Goode F 18 Massachusetts
Son Thomas O...Read full story

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 - Boston, Massachusetts
name: James F Goode
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Boston (Districts 580-690), Suffolk, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 23
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1907
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0667
family number: 329
sheet number and letter: 22B
line number: 95
nara publication: T626, roll 954
film number: 2340689
digital folder number: 4607690
image number: 00057
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Joseph M Goode M 54 Massachusetts
son Thomas D Goode M 26 Massachusetts
son James F Goode M 23 Massachusetts
daughter Alice V Goode F 19 Massachusetts
daughter Frances E Goode F 15 Massachusetts
daughter Kathleen Goode F 13 Massachusetts
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

1936 Marriage / Partner
James Francis GOODE and Vivian Louise FEIGE 17 February 1936, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

He was 29 years old.

1936 marriage

The Evening Bulletin, Providence, RI, Tuesday, February 11, 1936

1936 Birth of Child
James Dicker GOODE was born 13 August 1936, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

James Francis was 30 years old.

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 Birth of Child
Timothy Francis GOODE was born 3 September 1938, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

James Francis was 32 years old.

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Name: James F Goode
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Claremon Street
House Number: 16
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sheet Number: 5B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 95
Household Members:
Name Age
James F Goode 32
Vivian F Goode 26
James D Goode 3
Timothy F Goode 1
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)

1943 Birth of Child
Peter Thomas GOODE was born 10 February 1943, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

James Francis was 36 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 - Merino Village, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Name: James F Goode
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1907
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Merino Village, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 406
Household Members Age Relationship
James F Goode 43 Head
Vivian F Goode
36 Wife
James D Goode
13 Son
Timothy F Goode
11 Son
Peter T Goode
7 Son
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1951 - Putnam, Connecticut
Name: Vivian F Goode
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1951
Residence Place: Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: James F Goode
Publication Title: Putnam, Connecticut, City Directory, 1951
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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.