John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE

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20 July 1866 , New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Died

16 September 1944 , Meriden, Connecticut, USA

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Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE Marie Celina POYER

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Born: 20 July 1866 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Father: Louis Cleophas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Marie Celina POYER

Paternal grandparents: Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE , Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste POYER , Flavie CHARBONNEAU

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John Henry (Jean William Honore) married Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE 13 September 1904 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE was born 18 January 1879 in Oneonta, New York, USA. Katherine Elizabeth died 8 August 1962 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Katherine Elizabeth was the child of François Joseph BOURGARDÉ and Mary "Marie" Katherine FROEHLICH.

John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE died 16 September 1944 in Meriden, Connecticut, USA.

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*** obituary can found in The Meriden Daily Journal, Monday, September 18, 1944

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John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE married

Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE
Marriage date: 13 September 1904
Marriage place: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE was the child of François Joseph BOURGARDÉ and Mary "Marie" Katherine FROEHLICH

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Name: Dr. John H. Lapointe

Gender: Male

Residence Date: Abt 1904

Residence Place: Meridei I , Conn

Marriage Date: 20 Sep 1904

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Kath - Ertne E. Beauregard

Publication Date: 15 Sep 1904; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: newspapers.com

Children of John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE and Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE

John Bourgarde LAPOINTE

Born: 16 May 1915, Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Died: 13 September 1999, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Married: Arlene Elizabeth STANDARD 22 March 1941 Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)

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Birth — 1866
20 July 1866
New Britain, Connecticut, USA

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut
Name: John William H La Point
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 3y
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Event Place: Connecticut, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Lewis C La Point M 33y Canada East
Mary S La Point F 28y Canada East
Cleophas E La Point M 5y Canada East
John William H La Point M 3y Connecticut
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE and Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE 13 September 1904, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA

He was 38 years old.

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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
name: John H Lapointe
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Meriden Ward 3, New Haven, Connecticut
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
family number: 94
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
John H Lapointe M 42y
spouse Katherine E Lapointe F 30y

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

1915 Birth of Child
John Bourgarde LAPOINTE was born 16 May 1915, Meriden, Connecticut, USA

John Henry (Jean William Honore) was 48 years old.

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 New Haven County, Connecticut
name: John H Lapointe
residence: , New Haven, Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1869
age: 51
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820189
digital folder number: 4294459
image number: 00976
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age
John H Lapointe M 51y
spouse Catherine Lapointe F 39y
child John B Lapointe M 4y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE - Dr. and Mrs. John Henry Lapointe house in Meriden, Connecticut

Dr. and Mrs. John Henry Lapointe house in Meriden, Connecticut

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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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
name: John H Lapointe
event: CENSUS
event date: 1930
event place: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
gender: Male
age: 51
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1879
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Canada
enumeration district number: 148
family number: 62
sheet number and letter: 3B
line number: 54
nara publication: T626, roll 273
film number: 2340008
digital folder number: 4531877
image number: 00622
Household Gender Age
John H Lapointe M 51
spouse Katharine B Lapointe F 50
child John B Lapointe M 14

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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

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 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Name: John Lapointe
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Street: Camp Street
House Number: 124
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 6A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 116
Household Members:
Name Age
John Lapointe 72
Kathrine Lapointe 61
John B Lapointe 24
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 Marriage of Child
John Bourgarde LAPOINTE married 22 March 1941, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island) to Arlene Elizabeth STANDARD

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

John Henry (Jean William Honore) LAPOINTE - Grave Thanks to Bettie

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Thanks to Bettie

Saint Laurents Cemetery
Meriden, Connecticut, USA

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Death — 1944
16 September 1944
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 78.

1945
Lapointe John H died September 16, 1944, age 78
Katherine B wid John H h 124 Camp

Name: John II Lapointe
Gender: Male
Spouse: Katherine B Lapointe
Publication Title: Meriden, Connecticut, City Directory, 1945

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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