Frederick August BRANDES

(b. 17 March 1876 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 August 1953 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Frederick August BRANDES was born 17 March 1876 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick August BRANDES was the child of Henry BRANDES and Laura Ann KLEBART and the grandchild of: (maternal) Friederich Christain VON KLEEBART and Johanna Karoline SHOEN-SCHMIDT-WOKER

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Frederick August married Anna Mary MILLEA 17 June 1903 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anna Mary MILLEA was born 13 June 1881 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. Anna Mary died 19 September 1951 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Anna Mary was the child of John MILLEA and Joanna WALSH.

Frederick August BRANDES died 14 August 1953 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Frederick August BRANDES married

Anna Mary MILLEA-- Date: 17 June 1903 Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Anna Mary MILLEA was the child of John MILLEA and Joanna WALSH

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Frederick A. Brandes
groom's birth date: 1876
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 27
bride's name: Anna M. Millea
bride's birth date: 1881
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 22
marriage date: 17 Jun 1903
marriage place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Henry Brandes
groom's mother's name: Laura Klebart
bride's father's name: John Millea
bride's mother's name: Joanna Walsh
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indexing project (batch) number: I01162-9
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 2030960
reference number: Item 5 p 54

Children of Frederick August BRANDES and Anna Mary MILLEA:

Anna Catherine BRANDES (b.3 February 1912, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 March 2006, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA )

Frederick Millea BRANDES (b.20 May 1915 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 May 2001, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA )

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1876 Birth
Name: Frederick Augustus Bowndis
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Mar 1876
Event Place: Webster, Massachusetts
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Father's Name: Harry Bowndis
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Mother's Name: Laura Kleburt
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Reference ID: p 371
GS Film number: 1428169
Digital Folder Number: 4341193
Image Number: 391

'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FX8Z-D1Y : accessed 09 Nov 2013), Frederick Augustus Bowndis, 1876.
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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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frederic A. Brandis
residence: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1876
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Henry Brandis
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Laura Brandis
mother's birthplace: Germany
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 4 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0566
page: 337
page character: A
entry number: 187
film number: 1254566
Household Gender Age
parent Henry Brandis M 32
parent Laura Brandis F 27
Emma L. Brandis F 7
Mande A. Brandis F 5
Frederic A. Brandis F 4
Williams H. Brandis M 2
Sophia M. Brandis F 79

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

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.

1900 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frederick Brandes
titles:
residence: Webster town (southwest part), Worcester, Massachusetts
birth date: Mar 1876
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Son
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father name: Henry Brandes
father titles:
father birthplace: Germany
mother name: Laura Brandes
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: Henry Brandes
gender: Male
marital status: Widowed
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immigration year:
enumeration district: 1698
sheet number and letter: 15B
household id: 376
reference number: 72
gsu film number: 1240695
image number: 00128
Household Gender Age
parent Henry Brandes M
parent Laura Brandes F
Frederick Brandes M
Nellie Brandes F
Etta Brandes F
Alfred Brandes M
Minnie Brandes F
Henry Brandes M

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1903 Marriage / Partner
Frederick August BRANDES and Anna Mary MILLEA 17 June 1903, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

He was 27 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

1912 Birth of Child
Anna Catherine BRANDES was born 3 February 1912, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick August was 35 years old.

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
Frederick Millea BRANDES was born 20 May 1915 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Frederick August was 39 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

1917 World War I Draft Registration
name: Frederick August Brandes
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Southbridge City no 10, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 17 Mar 1876
birthplace: , , United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1684523
digital folder number: 005216152
image number: 03695

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZN8-19Q : accessed 01 Dec 2012), Frederick August Brandes, .
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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 - 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 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frederick A Brandes
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 53
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1877
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0100
family number: 528
sheet number and letter: 24A
line number: 12
nara publication: T626, roll 970
film number: 2340705
digital folder number: 4607706
image number: 01166
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frederick A Brandes M 53 Massachusetts
wife Anna Brandes F 46 Massachusetts
daughter Anna C Brandes F 18 Massachusetts
son Frederick M Brandes M 14 Massachusetts
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)

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 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frederick Brandes
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 10, Worcester, Worcester City, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 64
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1876
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 23-219A
family number: 66
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 19
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1719
digital folder number: 005461164
image number: 00914
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frederick Brandes M 64 Massachusetts
wife * M Brandes F 57 Massachusetts
son-in-law Joseph L Perry M 25 Massachusetts
daughter A Catherine Perry F 28 Massachusetts
son Frederick M Brandes M 24 Massachusetts
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.