Bertha Dorothea KORCH

(b. 28 July 1911 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 November 2005 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA )

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Bertha Dorothea KORCH was born 28 July 1911 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Bertha Dorothea KORCH was the child of Andrew (András) Henry KORCH and Anna "Panna" ROZGONYI and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) and Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

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Bertha Dorothea married George Herman WENTWORTH abt. 1929 in Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
George Herman WENTWORTH was born 16 February 1909 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. George Herman died 11 March 1982 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. George Herman was the child of Charles Edward WENTWORTH and Katherine WINTERBAUR.

Bertha Dorothea KORCH died 3 November 2005 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.
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Bertha Dorothea KORCH married

George Herman WENTWORTH-- Date: abt. 1929 Place: , Massachusetts, USA
George Herman WENTWORTH was the child of Charles Edward WENTWORTH and Katherine WINTERBAUR

Children of George Herman WENTWORTH and Bertha Dorothea KORCH:

Donald G WENTWORTH (b.24 May 1930, , Massachusetts, USA d. 11 July 1987, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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1911 Birth
28 July 1911
Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
NOTE: Birth records list her grandparents as her parents??? Is this an error, or were Andrew Korch and Elizabeth Tomko really her parents?

name: Bertha D. Korch
titles & terms:
event: Birth
event date: 28 Jul 1911
event place: Webster, Massachusetts
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father: Andrew Korch
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mother: Lizzie Tomkon
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volume/ page/ certificate number: p. 450
film number: 2409267
digital folder number: 4401715
image number: 972

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXVW-PK5 : accessed 23 Jan 2013), Bertha D. Korch, 1911.
Massachusetts 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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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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Bertha Korch
residence: Webster Webster Part Of Ward 6, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1912
age: 8
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820749
digital folder number: 4311574
image number: 00017
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Andrew Korch M 32y Austria
wife Anna Korch F 31y Austria
dau Anna Korch F 12y Massachusetts
dau Lillian Korch F 10y Massachusetts
dau Bertha Korch F 8y Massachusetts
dau Floris Korch F 6y Massachusetts
dau Eileen Korch F 4y Massachusetts
son Kenneth Korch M 1y Massachusetts
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 Lake St., Webster, Massachusetts
Frank Mason, head, age 36, b. CT, parents b. Canada, milk dealer
Irene Mason, wife, age 28, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Germany
Richard Mason, son, age 2 1/ 2, b. MA
George Wentworth, brother-in-law, age 21, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. Germany, shoe maker
Bertha Wentworth, sister-in-law, age 18, b. MA, parents b. Austria
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
Donald G WENTWORTH was born 24 May 1930, , Massachusetts, USA

Bertha Dorothea was 18 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

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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Bertha Wentworth
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Webster, Webster Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Female
age: 28
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1912
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 14-300
family number:
sheet number and letter: 6B
line number: 67
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1655
digital folder number: 005460927
image number: 00911
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George Wentworth M 31 Massachusetts
wife Bertha Wentworth F 28 Massachusetts
son Donald Wentworth M 9 Massachusetts
son Gordon Wentworth M 3 Massachusetts
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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.

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)

1982 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Herman WENTWORTH died 11 March 1982, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1987 Death of Child
Donald G WENTWORTH died 11 July 1987, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben)

Bertha Dorothea was 76 years old.

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
Social Security Death Index
Name: Bertha D. Wentworth
Date of Birth: Friday July 28, 1911
Date of Death: Thursday November 03, 2005
Est. Age at death: 94 years, 3 months, 6 days
Last known residence:
City: Webster Dudley Hill
County: Worcester
State: Massachusetts
ZIP Code: 01570
Latitude: 42.0520
Longitude: -71.8479
Confirmation: Verified
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Massachusetts
Number: 025-54-5579
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Obituary
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - November 5, 2005

Deceased Name: Wentworth, Bertha D. (Korch)

WEBSTER, MA. Wentworth, Bertha D. (Korch), 94. There are no calling hours funeral service 11 a.m Monday, November 07, 2005, Notre Dame Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Worcester. Died Thursday, November 03, 2005. Funeral Home: Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School St., Webster.

Added: 5/16/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 2/13/2026 6:15:24 PM