Dora BONOSCONI

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13 April 1902 , Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Died

20 June 1987 , Killingly, Connecticut, USA

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Eli BONOSCONI Georgianna BIBEAULT

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Born: 13 April 1902 in Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Father: Eli BONOSCONI

Mother: Georgianna BIBEAULT

Paternal grandparents: Edmond BONASCONEY , Louise UNKNOWN

Maternal grandparents: Clement (Frank) BIBEAU , Delima (Emma) THIERRY

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Dora married Hector COLLETTE abt. 1921 . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Hector COLLETTE was born January 28 1898 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Hector died 6 September 1977 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. Hector was the child of Louis-Hector COLLETTE and Rosilda ST MARIE.

Dora BONOSCONI died 20 June 1987 in Killingly, Connecticut, USA .

Name may have been changed to Bonosconi from Banaroui or Banasconi Also
benesconi.

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Dora BONOSCONI married

Hector COLLETTE
Marriage date: abt. 1921
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Hector COLLETTE was the child of Louis-Hector COLLETTE and Rosilda ST MARIE

Children of Hector COLLETTE and Dora BONOSCONI

Rosilda COLLETTE

Born: 22 November 1921, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 22 November 1993, Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Married: Albert J BASINET 1940 Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Florence Edna COLLETTE

Born: 31 May 1924, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 2 November 2000, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Married: Joseph Roland HOULE 1944 Place: , Connecticut, USA

Alfred Joseph COLLETTE

Born: 24 October 1927, Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Died: March 1969,

Jeannette COLLETE

Born: 23 August 1929, Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Died: 20 August 2013, Putnam, Connecticut, USA

Married: Harold Earl KORCH 4 September 1950 Place: Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock)

Raymond COLLETTE

Born: 22 May 1930, Putnam, Connecticut, USA
Died: 12 March 1998, Killingly, Connecticut, USA

Married: Jeanne D'arc JOLY (JOLLY) 1950

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Birth — 1902
13 April 1902
Putnam, Connecticut, 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 - Putnam, Connecticut
Name: Dora Banaconi
Age in 1910: 8
Birth Year: abt 1902
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1910: Putnam Ward 3, Windham, Connecticut
Street: Church St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Elisle Banaconi
Father's Birthplace: Canada French
Mother's name: Gingino Banaconi
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Attended School: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Elisle Banaconi 42
Gingino Banaconi 32
Alfred Banaconi 11
Dora Banaconi 8
Eva Banaconi 7
Edward Banaconi 3
Rose Banaconi 2

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Windham County, Connecticut
name: Dora Bonisconi
residence: , Windham, Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1903
age: 17
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820199
digital folder number: 4295767
image number: 00510
sheet number: 5
Household Gender Age
parent Eli Bonisconi M 52y
parent Georgianna Bonisconi F 45y
Alfred Bonisconi M 20y
Paul Bonisconi M 19y
Dora Bonisconi F 17y
Eva Bonisconi F 16y
Rose Bonisconi F 11y
Edward Bonisconi M 13y
Alice Bonisconi F 3y7m

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.

1921 Birth of Child
Rosilda COLLETTE was born 22 November 1921, , Connecticut, USA

Dora was 19 years old.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1924 Birth of Child
Florence Edna COLLETTE was born 31 May 1924, , Connecticut, USA

Dora was 22 years old.

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

1927 Birth of Child
Alfred Joseph COLLETTE was born 24 October 1927, Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock)

Dora was 25 years old.

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 Birth of Child
Jeannette COLLETE was born 23 August 1929, Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock)

Dora was 27 years old.

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 Putnam, Windham, Connecticut
name: Dora Collette
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Putnam, Windham, Connecticut
gender: Female
age: 27
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1903
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Connecticut
enumeration district number: 0018
family number: 49
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 12
nara publication: T626, roll 285
film number: 2340020
digital folder number: 4531889
image number: 00109
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Hector Collette M 31 Massachusetts
wife Dora Collette F 27 Connecticut
daughter Rosilda Collette F 8 Connecticut
daughter Florence Collette F 6 Connecticut
son Alfred Collette M 2 Connecticut
son Raymond Collette M 1 Connecticut
daughter Jeannette Collette F 0 Connecticut
head Cordelie Dupri F 63 Connecticut
daughter Angelina Dupri F 35 Connecticut
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
Raymond COLLETTE was born 22 May 1930, Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock)

Dora was 28 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 Putnam, Windham, Connecticut
name: Dora Collette
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 3, Putnam, Putnam Town, Windham, Connecticut, United States
gender: Female
age: 37
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1903
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 8-28
family number: 165
sheet number and letter: 7B
line number: 67
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 528
digital folder number: 005461417
image number: 00841
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Hector Collette M 41 Massachusetts
wife Dora Collette F 37 Connecticut
daughter Florence Collette F 15 Connecticut
son Alfred Collette M 12 Connecticut
son Raymond Collette M 11 Connecticut
daughter Jeannette Collette F 10 Connecticut
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.

1950 Marriage of Child
Jeannette COLLETE married 4 September 1950, Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock) to Harold Earl KORCH

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

1977 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hector COLLETTE died 6 September 1977, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA

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.

Death
Name: Dora Collette
Race: White
Occupation: COMBER RETIRED
Industry: SILK THREAD MFG COMPANY
Marital status: Widowed
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1902
Birth Place: Connecticut
Address: 182 CHURCH
Residence : Putnam, Connecticut
Death Date: 20 Jun 1987
Death Place: Killingly, Connecticut
Age: 85 Years
Spouse: Hecto
Father's Surname: Bonosconi
State File #: 14760

Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003.
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