Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING

(b. 7 September 1899 , Manchester, Connecticut, USA d. 13 October 1964 , East Hartford, Connecticut, USA )
Age: 65

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Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING was born 7 September 1899 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA. Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING was the child of Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING and Frances Mary (Fannie) MESICK and the grandchild of: (paternal) Friedrich Christoph BLESSING (BLEßING) and Caroline Henrietta THEUNERT

Theodore Roosevelt was a soldier in World War I.

Marriage(s) and Child(ren):

He married Grace Agnes MAY . The couple had (at least) 1 child. They divorced. Grace Agnes MAY was born 17 December 1904 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She died 19 July 1964 in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

He married (2) Hazel Gertrude MASTERSON . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Hazel Gertrude MASTERSON was born 22 January 1910 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She died 7 August 1979 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA.

Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING died 13 October 1964 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
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Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING married

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Shirley Grace BLESSING (b.22 July 1927, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 6 August 2009, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Mabry Gus SIMONS

Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING married

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Carol Ann BLESSING (b.28 March 1942, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. September 1980, )
m. Robert LAWRENCE 1 October 1966

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Ronald Charles BLESSING (b.14 August 1946, Connecticut d. 10 May 2004, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
m. Karen J WEED 5 December 1981

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Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING
Name: Theodore Roosevelt Blessing Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 7 Sep 1900 Birth Place: South Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Residence Date: 1919-1920 Residence Place: Connecticut, USA Father: Charles T Blessing Mother: Francis M Mesick Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Military Questionnaires, 1919-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Connecticut WWI Military Questionnaires, 1919–1920. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut October 14, 1964

Manchester, Connecticut, USA

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Birth
7 September 1899
Manchester, Connecticut, USA

1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.

1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.

1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.

1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communication

1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, Michigan

1903 - October - First World Series

1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.

1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).

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

1906 - April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

1910 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Name Theodor Blessing
Birthplace Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Residence Hartford Ward 7, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status Single
Race White
Gender Male
Immigration Year
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace Germany
Family Number 102
Page Number 3
Household Gender Age
Parent Chas T Blessing M 47y
Parent Frances M Blessing F 49y
Charles H Blessing M 27y
Albert A Blessing M 16y
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated.

1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.

1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.

1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades Belgium

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,

1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool.

1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.

1917 Wethersfield, Connecticut

Theodore Roosevelt Blessing
1 Marsh Wethersfield, Conn.
age 18
b. Sept 7, 1900
clerk at Pratt & Cady Co., Capitol Ave. Hartford
nearest relative: Frances Mary Blessing, 1 Marsh Wethersfield, Conn
World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18

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.

1917 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States.

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).

1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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.

1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations

1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:

1920 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Name Theodore R Blessing
Residence , Hartford, Connecticut
Estimated Birth Year 1901
Age 19
Birthplace Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Gender Male
Race White
Marital Status Single
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Birthplace
Film Number 1820180
Digital Folder Number 4294450
Image Number 00349
Sheet Number 20
Household Gender Age
Parent Charles T Blessing M 58y
Parent Frances M Blessing F 60y
Theodore R...Read MORE...

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1924 - June 2 - Congress Granted Citizenship to All Native Americans Born in the U.S.

1927 Hartford, CT

Living in Hartford, CT in 1927 at the time of his father's death.

1927 Birth of Child
Shirley Grace BLESSING was born 22 July 1927, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1929 - February 11 - Independent State of Vatican City created by Lateran Treaty

1929 - St Valentine's Day Massacre

1929 - October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).

1930 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

name: Theodore R Blessing
event: CENSUS
event date: 1930
event place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
gender: Male
age: 30
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1900
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Germany
enumeration district number: 49
family number: 54
sheet number and letter: 22A
line number: 6
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1930 - February 18 - Pluto is discovered

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

1931 - May 1 - The Empire State Building Opens

1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.

1933 - March, The Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "Bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions.

1933 - April 5 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a national emergency and issues Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for U.S. citizens to own substantial amounts of monetary gold or bullion.

1933 - April 19 – The United States officially goes off the gold standard.

1933 - November 8 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition.

1935 - Dust Bowl: The great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest.

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

1935 - September 30 - Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder Dam (later to be known as Hoover Dam)

1937 - May 6 – Hindenburg disaster:

1938

Theodore R. Blessing, Bristol, CT in 1938 according to will of his uncle, George F. Blessing

1938 - October 24 - The minimum wage is established by law in the United States.

1939 - April 30 - World's Fair opens in New York City

1939 - September 1 - World War II begins: Germany invades Poland

1940 - May 10 - Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain

1941 - January 13 – All persons born in Puerto Rico since this day are declared U.S. citizens by birth, through U.S. federal law.

1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

1941 - December 8 - WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech"

1941 - December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The U.S. responds in kind.

1942 - February 2 – WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property.

1942 - June 4–June 7 – WWII: The Battle of Midway: The Japanese naval advance in the Pacific is halted.

1942 - December 1 – Gasoline rationing begins in the United States.

1943 - February 7 – WWII: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in 2 days.

1943 - Penicillin first used successfully to treat a patient

1944 - June 6 - WWII – D-Day:

1942 Birth of Child
Carol Ann BLESSING was born 28 March 1942, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1945

Name: Theodore B Blessing
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1945
Street Address: 21 Higbi EH
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Rep
Spouse:
Hazel G Blessing
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1945
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1945 - August 6 – WWII: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A United States B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m. (local time).

1945 - August 9 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: A United States B-29 Bomber, Bockscar, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on Nagasaki, Japan, at 11:02 a.m. (local time).

1945 - September 2 - World War II ends

1947 - February 25 - The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council.

1948 - The State of Israel is officially created

1949 - The Soviet Union successfully detonates an atomic weapon

1949 - Communists under Mao assume power in China

1950 - January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea

1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk, University of Pittsburg, announced successful testing of polio vaccine

1953 - July 27 - Korean War ends

1946 Birth of Child
Ronald Charles BLESSING was born 14 August 1946, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1955

Name: Theodore R Blessing
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1955
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Slsman
Spouse:
Hazel G Blessing
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1955
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1957 - October 4 - USSR launches Sputnik 1 - Space race begins

1958 - NASA formed

1960 - Civil Rights Act of 1960

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon

1961 - East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

1962 - April 21 - Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

1963 - November 22 - American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas

1964 Death

First Name: Theod
Middle Name: R
Last Name: Blessing
Gender: Male
Death Date: Oct 13, 1964
Residence: East Hartford, Hartford Connecticut
Death Location: Hartford, Hartford, CT
Record Type: Death Record
Groom's Marital Status: Married
Collection: Connecticut Death Records

Source Information
Source: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Years: 1949 to 2007
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Hartford Suburban, Connecticut 1964

Name: Theodore R Blessing
Residence Year: 1964
Street Address: 21 Higbie dr EH
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Publication Title: Hartford Suburban, Connecticut 1964
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Theodore Blessing
Date of Birth: Thursday September 07, 1899
Date of Death: October 1964
Est. Age at death: 65 years, 1 months
Last known residence:
State: Connecticut
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Connecticut
Number: 042-01-9197

Obituary
Hartford Courant
Oct 14, 1964

Theodore is buried at: Hillside Cemetery
Hillside Street

East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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