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Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS

(b. 7 November 1910 , Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA d. 21 January 1992 , Pensacola, Florida, USA )
Age: 81

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Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS was born 7 November 1910 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS was the child of Asa Lloyd BRIGGS and Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leverett Asa BRIGGS and Ruth Ada WHITE (maternal) Jacob C GIMLICH and Louisa Ellen FEIGE

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Lloyd Gimlich married Virginia Macrae BRIGGS abt. 1940 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Virginia Macrae BRIGGS was born 14 November 1913 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro). Virginia Macrae died 9 April 2002 in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA (Sutherland). Virginia Macrae was the child of Walter Albert BRIGGS and Lillian Emily MACRAE.

Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS died 21 January 1992 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

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was the mayor of Altamont, NY in the 1950s

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Virginia Macrae BRIGGS was the child of Walter Albert BRIGGS and Lillian Emily MACRAE

Name: Virginia Macrae Briggs
Marriage Year: 1940
Marriage Place: Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
Index Volume Number: 116
Reference Number: F63.M36 v.116

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970

Children of Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS and Virginia Macrae BRIGGS:

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Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
Bethel Worsted Mills, Ashaway, R.I. (1908)

Bethel Worsted Mills; successors to W. Forest Glen Worsted Mill; M. W. R. Wells, agt. at supt; Worsted Suitings and Paitings; 2 sets; 26 looms; dye; steam and water. Mill idle.

Textile world's directory of the mill trade in the United States, 1897; comprising cotton mills, woolen mills, knitting mills, silk mills, flax, jute and linen mills ...
Publisher: Guild & Lord, Boston, Mass., ©1897
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Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
Residence of Dr. Lewis, Ashaway, R.I.
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Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
Hopkinton Bridge, R.I., 1909
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Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
Hopkinton High School, Ashaway, R.I., 1909
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1910 Birth
7 November 1910
Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

1910
Born, Nov. 7, 1910, to Asa Lloyd Briggs.
'04, and Mildred Gimlich Briggs, a son, Lloyd
Gimlich Briggs.

Brown Alumni Monthly
THE BROWN ALUMNI MAGAZINE CO.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
VOL. XI
DECEMBER, 1910
NO. 5

Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
High Street, Ashaway, R.I.
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1911 Baptism
Briggs, Lloyd Gimlich

b. 7 Nov 1910
baptised 3 Sep 1911

witnesses: Jacob Gimlich, Leverett Briggs, Carolyn Gimlich
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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 Rhode Island State Census
Name: Lloyd G Briggs
Residence: Hopkinton, E.D. 430, Washington, Rhode Island
Age in years: 4
Estimated birth year: 1911
Birthplace: U S
Relationship to head-of-household: Sister
Gender: Male
Race: White
Father's birthplace: U S
Mother's birthplace: U S
Page letter: H
Line number: 37
Film number: 1769152
Collection: Rhode Island State Census, 1915

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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

Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
Name: Lloyd G Briggs Junior
Residence: Hopkinton, E.D. 369, Washington, Rhode Island
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Date: 1911
Place of Birth: Rhode Island
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Page Number: 12
Line Number: 21
Film Number: 1769935
Family Number: 105
Collection: Rhode Island State Census, 1925

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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)

1930 Washington County, Rhode Island
name: Lloyd G Briggs
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: , Washington, Rhode Island
gender: Male
age: 19
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Rhode Island
estimated birth year: 1911
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Rhode Island
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number:
family number: 26
sheet number and letter: 1B
line number: 86
nara publication:
film number: 2341916
digital folder number: 4547311
image number: 00030
Household Gender Age
parent A Lloyd Briggs M 47
parent Mildred P Briggs F 48
Lloyd G Briggs M 19
Barbara L Briggs F 16
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 Graduate
1931 Graduate of Brown University

Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS - Name: Lloyd Gimlich Briggs School: Brown University School Location: Providence, Rhode Island Year: 1931 Ancestry.com. U.S. School Yearbooks [da

Name: Lloyd Gimlich Briggs
School: Brown University
School Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Year: 1931

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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 New York, New York
Name: Lloyd G Briggs
Respondent: Yes
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Home in 1940: New York, New York, New York
Street: East 39 Street
House Number: 31
Inferred Residence in 1935: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Residence in 1935: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Sheet Number: 94A
Institution: Murray Hill Hotel 1-8 Zeta Pai Club 10-21
Household Members:
Name Age
William North 43
Bian B Walker 26
Elizabeth Groy 52
John Linden 60
Herbert H Hazelton 54
Catherine B Hazelton 30
Herbert H Hazelton 14
Carl T Shoverling 80
Mary S Smith 75
Lucy B Overfield 71
Charlotte Schwarzkopf 53
Otto Bish 79
Mary Drisler 88
Edith M Klein 44
Edwin D Rowland 67
Edith P Leland 63
Thomas W Walker 23
Edthe May Hardesty 52
Grace M Holden 45
Kathleen M Kennedy 71
Manfred Sakel 39
Harry E Urstadt 38
Mary Morgan 68
Emily G Christian 48
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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

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)

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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 - Altamont, New York
Name: Lloyd G Briggs
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1912
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Rhode Island
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Altamont, Albany, New York, USA
Dwelling Number: 44
Household Members Age Relationship
Lloyd G Briggs 38 Head
Virginia N Briggs
36 Wife
John A Briggs
7 Son
Lydia R Briggs
5 Daughter
Caroline A Briggs
3 Daughter
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

November 1957
'Lloyd Briggs has been named Assistant Treasurer of the Albany Felt Company. He has been with the Company for 10 years and, most recently, served as controller. Lloyd makes his home in Altamont, N. Y., where he received public acclaim last summer as Mayor during a severe water shortage.'

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May 2, 1959
The Troy Record
Troy, New York
May 2, 1959

Clifford, company treasurer. Lloyd G. Briggs, assistant treasurer since 1957. has been more oil... ...of its accounting department. Mr. Briggs, who was born in Ashaway, R. I., is a... ...trustee of the Village of Altamont, he is now treasurer of Childs Hos- pital, vice...

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March 1961
Is this him?

Attended the wedding of Ann Bachulus (daughter of the late Dr. Matthew John Bachulus and Ernestine Louise Humphrey) and William Frederic Hanzl, Jr., in Springfield

He was living in Allamount, N. Y. at that time with his wife and daughters Lydia and Caroline

Date: March 24, 1961
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Union

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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.'

Rhode Island Supreme Court Case Law - WASHINGTON TRUST CO. v. …
Rhode Island Supreme Court Case Law - Loislaw - Apr 24, 1964
... property to either the residuary legatees named in the will of Asa Lloyd Briggs that is to his son Lloyd Gimlich Briggs and his daughter Barbara Louise ...

May 25, 1965
The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
May 25, 1965

William Bradt was built about 1833 and was the HalfWay House a coach stop on the AlbanySchoharie Plant Road Mrs Bradt plans to open a shop in her home June 1 Other houses on the tour are those of Mrs Marion Keenholtz Mr and Mrs Lloyd G Briggs and Mr and Mrs John J Lea ry Additional stops include the High Point Cemetery and the Altamont Enterprise building The train station will open at noon and the house tour will start at 1 pm an

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Altamont (N. Y.) Enterprise - Albany Co. Post, Friday, Oct. 7, 1966
'Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Briggs visited their daughter Lydia at the University of Pennsylvania last month.'

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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)

1984
FAREWELL RECEPTION HONORING LLOYD G. BRIGGS, former mayor of Altamont, for his 25 years of service to the village was held Sunday at St. Lucy's Parish Center... The Briggses have sold their Main St. home and are moving to Florida.

The Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York
Thursday, November 15, 1984

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
Lloyd Briggs, a long-time Altamont resident, former mayor, master gardener and the person who sold me my house wrote to say that I had misrepresented the size of the snowblower he had sold me. Fine Lloyd, big deal. A lot of good it's done me this year. Just so you know what kind of a guy this Briggs fellow is, other than Lloyd, and Aaron, tell me one other name that starts with two of the same letter.

Rich Schreibstein

The Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York
February 2, 1989

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

1990
The following is a letter written by former Mayor Lloyd Briggs:
'Dear Friends and Former Neighbors: My inability, to attend Altamont's 100th anniversary dinner and to see and greet you personally is a source of great distress to me. However, the 20th of October comes very close to our departure date for Florida and the many details of our semi-annual move makes it impossible for me to be there. Please accept this letter of greetings and congratulations as a substitute for a personal appearance.'

Altamont was home to Ginny and me for 38 years, 1947-1985. Our children grew up here and went to school here. We felt involved in the life of this village and were happy, mostly, to be a part of it. I'll admit that there were times during your infamous winters that I would have liked to be elsewhere, but then the sun would come out of the
clouds and our neighbors would come out of their burrows, the Orsini's would plow the streets, and life would seem good again.

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Death
Name: Lloyd G Briggs
Name Prefix:
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Jan 1992
Event Place: Escambia, Florida, United States
Gender: Unknown
Age: 81
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated):
Affiliate File Name: Fdi15.txt
Affiliate Line Number: 14056
Affiliate CD Number: FDI15
Certificate Number: 10666
Volume Number:
Note:

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Lloyd Gimlich BRIGGS - Grave - Oak Grove Cemetery Cemetery Lane Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Grave - Oak Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Lane
Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Photo taken by us

December 16, 1999
The Altamont Enterprise (NY) - Thursday, December 16, 1999

Included in a list of donors to Altamont Free Library Building Fund (donation in memory of him?)

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Lloyd is buried at: Oak Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Lane

Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

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