Joseph Louis BROWE (BREAULT)

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22 February 1896 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Died

15 January 1970 , Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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Peter Joseph BROWE (BREAULT)Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT)

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Born: 22 February 1896 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Peter Joseph BROWE (BREAULT)

Mother: Elizabeth (Libby) ROWE (TETR(E)AULT)

Paternal grandparents: Laurent (Loren) Joseph BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) , Margaret (Marguerite) LANOUE (LANOUX)

Maternal grandparents: Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) , Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON)

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Joseph Louis married Arline Rosamond MCLELLAN abt. 1917 . Arline Rosamond MCLELLAN was born 22 July 1892 in Bath, Maine, USA. Arline Rosamond died 16 August 1992 in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA (Massachusetts). Arline Rosamond was the child of Frank Seward MCLELLAN and Emma Josephine NORTON.

Joseph Louis BROWE (BREAULT) died 15 January 1970 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
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Arline Rosamond MCLELLAN
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Arline Rosamond MCLELLAN was the child of Frank Seward MCLELLAN and Emma Josephine NORTON

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. McLellan announce the engagement of their daughter, Arline Roseamond, to Mr. Joseph L. Browe, the wedding to take place shortly.

Newport Journal And Weekly News

June 8, 1917

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Fall River, Massachusetts
Feb. 22, 1896, Browe, Joseph, L., male, b. Fall River, son of Peter J. and Elizabeth Rowe from Fall River. Peter's occupation is: Teamster. He was born in Hydesburg, Vermont. Elizabeth was born in Colchester, Vermont.
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Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name Joseph L. Browe
Gender Male
Baptism/ Christening Date
Baptism/ Christening Place
Birth Date 22 Feb 1896
Birthplace Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Date
Name Note
Race
Father's Name Peter J.
Father's Birthplace
Father's Age
Mother's Name Elizabeth Rowe
Mother's Birthplace
Mother's Age
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C00946-4
System Origin Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number 1843692
Reference Number
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1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Fall River, Massachusetts
Peter Browe, b. May 1852, 48, b. VT, parents b. Canada, teamster
Libbie Browe, wife, b. Oct 1854, 45, b. VT, father b. France, mother b. Canada, mother of 7 children, 7 children living
Victor A. Browe, b. Dec 1878, 21, son, b. VT, day watchman
George W. Browe, b. Jan 1880, 20, son, b. MA, U.S. Army
Margaret M. Browe, b. May 1884, 16, daughter, b. MA, cotton spinner
Isabella J. Browe, b. Mar 1887, 13, b. MA, at school
Rena A. Browe, b. Aug 1889, 10, b. MA, at school
Arthur Browe, b. June 1892, 7, b. MA, at school
Joseph L. Browe, b. Feb 1896, 4, b. MA
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

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 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Peter J. Browe, 58, b. VT, parents b. VT, married 31 years, works on steamboat
Libby, wife, age 54, b. VT, parents b. VT, mother of 8 children, 8 children living
Rena, daughter, age 20, b. MA
Joseph, son, age 14, b. MA
Annie, daughter, age 10, b. MA
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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 World War I Draft Registration Card
Joseph Lewis Browe
Newport, R.I.
Born Feb. 22, 1895 in Fall River, Mass.
Electrician, working for Bay State Railway Company
married
Was a seaman in U.S. Navy for 4 years
Medium height, slender build, brown eyes, black hair
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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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

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
Born
BROWE - At Newport Hospital, April 25, a son, Gerald Clyne, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Browe (Arline R. McLellan.)

Newport Mercury and Weekly News
May 11, 1928
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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 Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island
Joseph L. Browe, age 36, b. abt 1894 in Massachusetts, age at first marriage - 33, parents b. Vermont, electrician in electrical store
Arline R. Browe, wife, age 37, b. abt 1893, age at first marriage 34, b. Maine, father b. Maine, mother b. Massachusetts
Gerald C. Browe, son, age 1 11/ 12, b. abt 1928 in Rhode Island

NOTE: Joseph's father, Peter, is living next door.
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 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Joseph L elctn 250 Thames h Renfrew Park Middletown

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1932 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L electn 250 Thames h Renfrew Park Middletown

1933 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L electn 250 Thames h 115 Carroll ave tel 3708-M

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)

1934 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L electn 250 Thames h 115 Carroll ave

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Joseph L Browe
event: Census
event date: 1935
event place: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
residence: 115 Carroll Ave, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
street address: 115 Carroll Ave
gender: Male
marital status: Married
race: White
head of household - number in family: 3
birth date: 22 Feb 1895
birthplace: Massachusetts
film number: 1712118

1935 Rhode Island State Census
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Tiverton, Portsmouth, Middletown and Little Compton Directory 1935 from Ancestry.com
Middletown, 1935
Browe Joseph L (Arline R) h Babson rd

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1936 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L electn Torpedo Sta h 115 Carroll ave phone 2530-W

1937 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L electn Torpedo Sta h 115 Carroll ave phone 2530-W

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.

1939 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L (Arline R) electn Torpedo Sta h 115 Carroll ave phone 2530-W

1940 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
name: Joseph L Browe
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 4, Newport, Newport City, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
gender: Male
age: 44
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1896
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 3-48
family number: 101
sheet number and letter: 5A
line number: 37
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3760
digital folder number: 005461755
image number: 01010
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Joseph L Browe M 44 Massachusetts
wife Arline R Browe F 42 Maine
son Gerald C Browe M 11 Rhode Island
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1940 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L (Arline R) electn Torpedo Sta h 115 Carroll ave phone 2530-W

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)

1942 Newport, Rhode Island City Directory from Ancestry.com
Browe Jos L (Arline R) electn Torpedo Sta h 115 Carroll ave phone 875-W

1942 World War II Draft Registration Card
Joseph Louis Browe
115 Carroll Ave., Newport, R.I.
Age 47, born Feb. 22, 1895 in Fall River, Mass.
Wife: Mrs. Arline Browe
Employer: U.S. Government
Place: U.S. Naval Torpedo Station
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 140 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Black
Complexion: Ruddy
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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 - 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.

Joseph Louis BROWE (BREAULT) - Newport Daily News Newport, Rhode Island Thursday, December 11, 1958

Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island
Thursday, December 11, 1958

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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.'

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

Death
Social Security Death Index
Name: Joseph L. Browe
Date of Birth: Saturday February 22, 1896
Date of Death: Thursday January 15, 1970
Est. Age at death: 73 years, 10 months, 24 days
Last known residence:
City: Newport Middletown
County: Newport
State: Rhode Island
ZIP Code: 02840
Latitude: 41.4796
Longitude: -71.3204
Confirmation: Verified
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Rhode Island
Number: 035-26-3109
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Obituary
The Newport Mercury Weekly and News
Friday, January 30, 1970
BROWE - In this city, January 26, 1970. Joseph L. Browe, husband of Arline (McLellan) Browe Residence 33 Earl Avenue. Funeral services from the Murphy Funeral Home, 20 Annandale Road, Wednesday, January 25 at 1 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Calling hours Monday and Tuesday evenings 7 to 9 P.M.

The Newport Mercury Weekly and News
Friday, February 6, 1970
Joseph L. Browe, Electrician, Dies

Joseph L. Browe, 75, of 33 Earl Ave., died at Newport Hospital this morning after a short illness. He retired 12 years ago after being a quarterman electrician at the power plant at the Naval Base.

He was born in Fall River on Feb. 22, 1895, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Potevin Browe. He was a Navy veteran of World War I and served in combat overseas. He was a member of the Newport Engineering Society.

Survivng are his wife, Mrs. Arline McLellan Browe; a son, Gerald C. Browe of Middletown; two...Read full story