Gloria WOLSCHENDORF

(b. 29 January 1917 , East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA d. July 1983 , Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA )

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Gloria WOLSCHENDORF was born 29 January 1917 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

Gloria WOLSCHENDORF was the child of Arthur Frederick WOLDORF (WOLSCHENDORF) and Emma Wilhelmine THEINERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) William WOLSCHENDORF and Clara Eleanor HANSEN (maternal) Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT and Wilhelmina PALME

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gloria married Alan Douglas HEY abt. 1944 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alan Douglas HEY was born 27 October 1917 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach). Alan Douglas died 31 May 1953 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach). Alan Douglas was the child of Sikes HEY and Lilian Rosa Lottie BLACKIE.

Gloria married (2) Ralph GOODWIN abt. 1968 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA . Ralph GOODWIN was born abt. 1920

Gloria WOLSCHENDORF died July 1983 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA.

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Gloria WOLSCHENDORF married

Alan Douglas HEY-- Date: abt. 1944 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Alan Douglas HEY was the child of Sikes HEY and Lilian Rosa Lottie BLACKIE

Name: Alan Douglas Hey
Marriage Year: 1944
Marriage Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 33
Page Number: 119
Index Volume Number: 132
Reference Number: F63.M36 v.132

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Children of Alan Douglas HEY and Gloria WOLSCHENDORF:

Living (b., Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach) d. , )

Meredith HEY (b.abt. 1949, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA )

Gloria WOLSCHENDORF married

Ralph GOODWIN-- Date: abt. 1968 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Gloria Hey
Spouse: Ralph Goodwin
Marriage Year: 1968
Marriage Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 63
Page Number: 151
Index Volume Number: 196-197
Reference Number: F63.M36 v. 196-197

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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1917 Birth
Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
Name: Gloria Wolschendorf
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1917
Event Type: Birth
Event City: East Bridgewater
Father Name: Arthur F Wolschendorf
Mother Name: Emma W Theinert
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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 Reed Street, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
Theinart, Wilhelmina, head, age 53, widowed, year of immigration 1884, naturalized in 1890, born Bohemia, weaver in cotton mill
Wolschendorf, Emma, daughter, age 29, b. MA, married
Wolschendorf, Fern, grandchild, age 4 3/ 12, b. MA
Wolschendorf, Gloria, grandchild, age 2 11/ 12, b. MA
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 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Gloria Wolschendorf
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 13
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1917
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 189
family number: 333
sheet number and letter: 13A
line number: 1
nara publication: T626, roll 886
film number: 2340621
digital folder number: 4606983
image number: 01177
Household Gender Age
parent Emma Wolschendorf F 40
Fern Wolschendorf F 14
Gloria Wolschendorf F 13
Wilhelmina Theinert F 64
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 - 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)

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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 New York, New York
Name: Gloria Wolschendorf
Respondent: Yes
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Home in 1940: New York, New York, New York
Street: York Avenue
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Fair Haven, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Fair Haven, Massachusetts
Sheet Number: 6B
Institution: New York Hosp Nurses Residence
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 477
Household Members:
Name Age
Ethel Oatman 59
Magaret Benson 30
Dorothy Gliddon 22
Alice M Moffatt 59
Antonette Federowitz 27
Loretta Wright 29
Susan Paige 28
Caroline Sprogell 44
Dorothy Allison 30
Elizabeth Fairclough 25
Elsie Fiege 26
Maude Browley 56
Margaret Byrns 36
Katherine Drucklieb 43
Barbara Derr 41
Margaret Roushblean 48
Catherine Geuss 40
Gertrude Eaman 26
Inez Gnaw 26
Margaret Bissell 28
Grace Coates 40
Martha Johnson 32
Bessie Parker 53
Eleanor Corrigan 39
Margaret Joinville 34
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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 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Name: Gloria Hey
Age: 33
Birth Date: abt 1917
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
Alan Hey
32 Head
Gloria Hey 33 Wife
Ladd Hey
3 Son
Merideth Hey
0 Daughter
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 Death of Child
Meredith HEY died 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

Gloria was 36 years old.

1953 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alan Douglas HEY died 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

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

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)

Burial information
ALAN D. HEY
Massachusets
M1 USNR
World War II
Oct 27, 1917 - May 31, 1953

ALAN D. HEY
1917-1953
GLORIA His Wife
1917-1983
MERIDETH HEY
1949-1953

Death
Name: Gloria Goodwin
SSN: 031-18-9567
Last Residence: 39211 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
BORN: 29 Jan 1917
Died: Jul 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)
Social Security Death Index
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Gloria is buried at: Vine Hills Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Added: 10/24/2010 10:36:35 PM - Updated: 7/11/2025 6:28:28 PM

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