Ford Page SHAFER

Born

7 December 1906 , Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Died

26 March 1956 , Michigan, USA

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Harry Verndale SHAFER Mary Ellen DAVIS

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Born: 7 December 1906 in Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Father: Harry Verndale SHAFER

Mother: Mary Ellen DAVIS

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Ford Page married Mary Nelida TREMBLAY 25 July 1929 in Flint, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Nelida TREMBLAY was born 31 July 1902 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Mary Nelida died 2 January 1988 in Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Mary Nelida was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA.

Ford Page SHAFER died 26 March 1956 in Michigan, USA.
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Mary Nelida TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 July 1929
Marriage place: Flint, Michigan, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Mary Nelida TREMBLAY was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA

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Name: Nelida Tremblay

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birth Year: abt 1903

Birth Place: Massachusetts

Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1929

Marriage Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

License County: Genesee

Age: 26

Residence Place: Flint, Michigan

Father: William Tremblay

Mother: Josephine Maynard

Spouse: Mr Ford Shafer

Spouse Gender: Male

Spouse Race: White

Spouse Age: 24

Spouse Birth Place: Wisconsin

Spouse Residence Place: Flint, Michigan

Spouse Father: Harry Shafer

Spouse Mother: Mary Page

County File Number: 16926

State File Number: 25 7628

Film: 49

Film Title: 27-Gogebic 4970-8229

Film Description: Genesee (1929 - 1932)

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Children of Ford Page SHAFER and Mary Nelida TREMBLAY

Gregory SHAFER

Born: 25 May 1930, , Michigan, USA
Died: abt. 1984, , New Jersey, USA

Married: Marjorie GALE 1950

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Birth — 1906
7 December 1906
Superior, Wisconsin, USA

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 International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota
name: Ford Schaffer
birthplace: Wisconsin
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
family number: 221
page number: 11
Household Gender Age
parent Harry Schaffer M 36y
parent Mary Schaffer F 34y
Verndale Schaffer M 15y
Weight Schaffer M 13y
Lela Schaffer F 10y
Hope Schaffer F 8y
Cecil Schaffer M 6y
Ford Schaffer M 4y
Effie Schaffer F y 6m

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1910 Solon Springs, Douglas, Wisconsin
name: Ford P Shafer
birthplace: Wisconsin
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Solon Springs, Douglas, Wisconsin
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
family number: 98
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
parent Harry Shafer M 36y
parent Mary Shafer F 36y
Verndal A Shafer F 14y
Dwight Y Shafer M 13y
Lula F Shafer M 10y
Phreica H Shafer F 7y
Tecil H Shafer M 6y
Ford P Shafer M 3y
Elizabeth E Shafer F 0y 6m
Jaurchta Davis F 64y

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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 Douglas County, Wisconsin
name: Ford P Shafer
residence: , Douglas, Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1907
age: 13
birthplace: Wisconsin
relationship to head of household: Son
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
film number: 1821985
digital folder number: 4391500
image number: 00366
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age
parent Lloyd J Larson M 35y
parent Mary E Larson F 35y
Verndale A Shafer M 21y
Lela F Shafer F 18y
Hope P Shafer F 17y
Cecil H Shafer M 15y
Ford P Shafer M 13y
Elizabeth E Shafer F 9y
Samantha P Davis F 74y

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 Marriage / Partner
Ford Page SHAFER and Mary Nelida TREMBLAY 25 July 1929, Flint, Michigan, USA

He was 22 years old.

Ford Page SHAFER - Marriage License Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

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Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

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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 Flint, Genesee, Michigan
name: Ford P Shafer
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan
gender: Male
age: 23
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1907
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
enumeration district number: 0048
family number: 46
sheet number and letter: 2B
line number: 92
nara publication: T626, roll 986
film number: 2340721
digital folder number: 4607722
image number: 00926
Household Gender Age
parent Minnie P Larson F 45
Ford P Shafer M 23
Samantha S Davis F 83
Elizabeth Shafer F 20
Noleta E Shafer F 28

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.

1930 Birth of Child
Gregory SHAFER was born 25 May 1930, , Michigan, USA

Ford Page was 23 years old.

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

Ford Page SHAFER - Back (l to r): Nelida Tremblay Shafer, Gregory Shafer, Ford Shafer Middle: Jeannette Lippe Tremblay Front: Roger Tremblay

Back (l to r): Nelida Tremblay Shafer, Gregory Shafer, Ford Shafer
Middle: Jeannette Lippe Tremblay
Front: Roger Tremblay

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

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 Flint, Genessee, Michigan
name: Fred P Shafer
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 6, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States
gender: Male
age: 33
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1907
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 85-98
family number: 150
sheet number and letter: 7B
line number: 41
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1895
digital folder number: 005461847
image number: 00061
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Fred P Shafer M 33 Wisconsin
wife Nelida Shafer F 37 Massachusetts
son Greggory Shafer M 9 Michigan
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.

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.