Chester Leslie KRUEGER

Born

3 January 1911 , Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Died

3 March 1993 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 82

Chester Leslie married Irene L ABRAHAMSON 14 December 1940 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Irene L ABRAHAMSON was born 27 July 1913 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Irene L died 8 February 1991 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Irene L was the child of Frank Wilhelm ABRAHAMSON and Jannet A "Nettie" WEBSTER .

Parents & Family of Chester Leslie KRUEGER

Parents of Chester Leslie KRUEGER

Father

Herman Gustave KRUEGER

Mother

Anna JESSE

Grandparents of Chester Leslie KRUEGER

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Maternal grandparents

Jacob JESSE (JASSEY) Dorytha Loretta Cavannet KEMITZ (KEMINTZ)

Chester Leslie was a soldier in World War II.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Chester Leslie KRUEGER

Chester Leslie KRUEGER married

Irene L ABRAHAMSON
Marriage date: 14 December 1940
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Irene L ABRAHAMSON was the child of Frank Wilhelm ABRAHAMSON and Jannet A "Nettie" WEBSTER

Children of Chester Leslie KRUEGER and Irene L ABRAHAMSON

Chester L KRUEGAR

Born: 8 July 1950, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 August 2010, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts

3 Jan 1911
Chester Leslie Kruegar, son of Herman and Anna Jesse
Herman is a farmer, born in Germany
Anna was born in Webster, MA

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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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Birth — 1911
3 January 1911
Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

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 Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts

Herman Kruegar, b. abt. 1868 in Prussia, age 52
Anna Kruegar, wife, b. MA abt. 1869, age 51
Carl F Kruegar, son, b. MA abt. 1899, age 21
Herman G Kruegar, son, b. MA abt. 1900, age 20
Alfred G Kruegar, son, b. MA abt. 1903, age 17
Francis H Kruegar, son, b. MA abt. 1906, age 14
Earl W Kruegar, son, b. MA abt. 1909, age 11
Leslie C Kruegar, b. MA abt. 1912, age 8

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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 Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Lesley C Krueger
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1912
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Germany
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 155
family number: 66
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 26
nara publication: T626, roll 962
Film Number: 2340697
Digital Folder Number: 4607698
Image Number: 00462
Household Gender Age
parent Herman G Krueger M 65
Francis H Krueger M 24
Earl W Krueger M 21
Lesley C Krueger M 18

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

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 Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts

Tracy Road
Kruger Herman, head, 75, b. Germany
Kruger Francis, son, 34, b. MA, owner of farm
Kruger Leslie, son, 29, b. MA, truck driver for optical company

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 Marriage / Partner
Chester Leslie KRUEGER and Irene L ABRAHAMSON 14 December 1940,

He was 29 years old.

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)

World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 - ancestry.com

Name: Chester L Kruegar
Race: White

Report Date: 22 Feb 1943
Latest Report Date: 16 Jul 1945

Grade: Corporal
Grade Notes: First Lieutenant or Chief nurse or Head dietitian or Head physical therapy aide or Corporal or Technician 5th Grade or Lt. Jr. Grade or First Class, Seaman
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Field Artillery
Arm or Service Code: Field Artillery
Organization Type: 105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn
Parent Unit Type: Battalion/ Training Battalion Combat/ Special Troops
Area Served: North African Theatre: Tunisia
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: 003
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

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)

Chester Leslie KRUEGER - Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Friday, April 19, 1950 (My grandmother used to always tell me about this, every time we drove past this

Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Friday, April 19, 1950
(My grandmother used to always tell me about this, every time we drove past this particular house. I knew the story happened to family, but I never knew to whom. I cannot believe I found this!)

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

1950 Birth of Child
Chester L KRUEGAR was born 8 July 1950, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Chester Leslie was 39 years old.

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.'

1965 Southbridge City Directory - Page 114

Kruegar Chester L (Irene L) h Gedeon av (S)

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)

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.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1991 Death of Spouse/Partner
Irene L ABRAHAMSON died 8 February 1991, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

1993 Death

Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
Name: Chester L Kruegar
event: Death
Event Date: 03 Mar 1993
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 023803
Birth Date: 03 Jan 1911
birthPlace: Massachusetts
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Chester L. Kruegar
Date of Birth: Tuesday January 03, 1911
Date of Death: Wednesday March 03, 1993
Est. Age at death: 82 years, 2 months
Last known Residence:
City: Sturbridge
County: Worcester
State: Massachusetts
ZIP Code: 01566
Latitude: 42.1049
Longitude: -72.0779
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Massachusetts
Number: 019-09-5564

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Obituary

Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - March 5, 1993
Deceased Name: CHESTER L. KRUEGAR, 82
STURBRIDGE - Chester L. Kruegar, 82, of 1 Kelly Road died Wednesday night in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge.

His wife, Irene L. (Abrahamson) Krueger, died in 1991. He leaves a son, Chester L. Kruegar Jr. of Webster a brother, Alfred G. Krueger of Charlton nieces and nephews. He was born in Dudley, son of Herman G. and Anna (Jesse) Kruegar, and lived here most of his life. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was taken prisoner in Europe and confined to Stalag 3B and later Stalag 7A.

Mr. Kruegar was a carpenter and had worked at American Optical Co. and the former Globe Tool & Die Co., both in Southbridge, and Pratt-Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Southbridge American Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Sturbridge Chapter Disabled American Veterans and Fiskdale-Sturbridge Post, American Legion.

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