Dorothy Ruth BISHOP

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15 March 1919 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

18 August 2008 , Winter Park, Florida, USA

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Henry John BISHOP Matilda Ida CARDINAL

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Born: 15 March 1919 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry John BISHOP

Mother: Matilda Ida CARDINAL

Paternal grandparents: John H BISHOP , Phoebe DEUNY (DENNY)

Maternal grandparents: Leandre CARDINAL , Martine BERGEVIN

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Dorothy Ruth married Arthur Raymond TREMBLAY 25 November 1937 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Arthur Raymond TREMBLAY was born 16 July 1914 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Arthur Raymond died 19 September 2008 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA. Arthur Raymond was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA.

Dorothy Ruth BISHOP died 18 August 2008 in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
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Dorothy Ruth BISHOP married

Arthur Raymond TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 November 1937
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Arthur Raymond TREMBLAY was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA

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Name: Dorothy R Bishop

Marriage Year: 1937

Marriage Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Volume Number: 75

Page Number: 498

Index Volume Number: 115

Reference Number: F63.M36 v.115

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr and Mrs Henry Bishop of 43 Chapin street, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Bishop to Raymond Tremblay, son of Mrs. Josephine Tremblay of 43 Fairlawn avenue. The wedding will take place Nov. 25 in Notre Dame Church.

Worcester Evening Gazette

Worcester, Massachusetts

September 9, 1937

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1919 Birth
Name: Dorothy Ruth Bishop
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 15 Mar 1919
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
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Father's Name: Henry Bishop
Mother's Name: Ida Cardinal
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Certificate Number: 75
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Digital Folder Number: 005234731
Image Number: 00486

'Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920', database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:QLGY-725R : 13 March 2018), Henry Bishop in entry for Dorothy Ruth Bishop, 1919.
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1920 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Dorothy Bishop
residence: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1920
age: 0
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820748
digital folder number: 4311573
image number: 00507
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Henry Bishop M 34y New York
wife Ida Bishop F 28y New York
son Henry Bishop M 9y Massachusetts
son Franes H Bishop M 7y Massachusetts
dau Dorothy Bishop F 9m Massachusetts
John Bishop M 57y New York
Fred Denny M 58y New York
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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Dorothy Bishof
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 11
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1919
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
enumeration district number: 0272
family number: 145
sheet number and letter: 7A
line number: 20
nara publication: T626, roll 965
film number: 2340700
digital folder number: 4607701
image number: 01067
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Bishof M 44 New York
wife Ida Bishof F 37 New York
daughter Dorothy Bishof F 11 Massachusetts
son Albert Bishof M 4 Massachusetts
daughter Lorrainne Bishof F 2 Massachusetts
father John Bishof M 67 New York
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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

1937 Marriage / Partner
Dorothy Ruth BISHOP and Arthur Raymond TREMBLAY 25 November 1937, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 18 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 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
191 Worcester Street
Tremblay Raymond, head, 25, b. MA, grinder, optical works, $800
Tremblay Dorothy, wife, 21, b. MA, fuser, optical works, $780
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Dorothy Ruth BISHOP - Dot Bishop Tremblay and Raymond Tremblay

Dot Bishop Tremblay and Raymond Tremblay

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

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.

Dorothy Ruth BISHOP - Around 1946: Dot, Dick (little boy), Ray, Santa Rudy

Around 1946: Dot, Dick (little boy), Ray, Santa Rudy

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

Dorothy Ruth BISHOP - Raymond Tremblay, Dot Tremblay (Bishop) and baby Irene Tremblay (niece)

Raymond Tremblay, Dot Tremblay (Bishop) and baby Irene Tremblay (niece)

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

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.

Dorothy Ruth BISHOP - Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1987

Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1987

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

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

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
Age: 89
Given Name: Dorothy
Middle Name: Ruth
Surname: Tremblay
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Birth Date: 15 Mar 1919
State: Massachusetts
Last Place of Residence: Orange, Florida
Previous Residence Postal Code: 32810
Event Date: 18 Aug 2008
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