Grace Helene DRACHLER

(b. 9 January 1922 , Greene, New York, USA d. 25 January 2004 , Brockport, New York, USA )
Age: 82

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Grace Helene DRACHLER was born 9 January 1922 in Greene, New York, USA

Grace Helene DRACHLER was the child of William DRACHLER and Edith Marie BOURGARDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Franz Josef DRACHLER and Anna Marie ROCKL (ROEHL) (maternal) Francis Joseph BOURGARDE and Marie Wilhelmina BLESSING

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

Grace Helene married Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER 14 October 1950 in Greene, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER was born 26 October 1924 in New York, USA. Andrew Bruce died 21 November 2011 in Brockport, New York, USA. Andrew Bruce was the child of Andrew Francis SCHLAGETER and Grace Ida FRASCH.

Grace Helene DRACHLER died 25 January 2004 in Brockport, New York, USA.
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Family and Children of Grace Helene DRACHLER

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Grace Helene DRACHLER married

Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER-- Date: 14 October 1950 Place: Greene, New York, USA
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Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER was the child of Andrew Francis SCHLAGETER and Grace Ida FRASCH

Zion Church in Greene New York

Name: Miss Grace Helene Drachler
Gender: Female
School: Ithaca College
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1950
Marriage Place: Greene . N. Y
Father:
William Drachler
Spouse:
Andrew Bruce Schlageter

Name: Andrew Bruce Schlageter
Gender: Male
Employer: U. S. Army Ordnance School
School: University of Rochester
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1950
Marriage Place: Greene . N. Y
Spouse:
Grace Helene Drachler

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Name: A Bruce Schlageter
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1950
Marriage Place: Greene, New York, USA
Spouse: Grace H Drachler
Certificate Number: 41052
Records Sharing Certificate Number:
Name
Grace H Drachler
A Bruce Schlageter
New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967

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Children of Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER and Grace Helene DRACHLER:

Living (b., Havre de Grace, Hartford, Maryland, USA d. , )

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Birth
Name: Grace H Drachler
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1922
Birth Place: Greene, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 1233

New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942
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Grace Helene DRACHLER - Marie Blessing Bourgarde, Edith Bourgarde Drachler, Betty and Grace Drachler, 12-9-1922

Marie Blessing Bourgarde, Edith Bourgarde Drachler, Betty and Grace Drachler, 12-9-1922

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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 Greene, Chenango, New York
name: Grace H Drachler
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Greene, Chenango, New York
gender: Female
age: 8
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: New York
estimated birth year: 1922
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
enumeration district number: 8
family number: 46
sheet number and letter: 2A
line number: 32
nara publication: T626, roll 1416
film number: 2341151
digital folder number: 4661086
image number: 00009
Household Gender Age
parent William Drachler M 39
parent Edith B Drachler F 32
Elizabeth B Drachler F 9
Grace H Drachler F 8
Katherine A Drachler F 5
Ann M Drachler F 2

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.

1939
Mrs. Thomas Foss and Mrs. William Drachler spent Monday in Ithaca with Grace and Elizabath Drachler, who are students at Ithaca college.

THE BINGHAMTON PRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939

1940 Greene, Chenango, New York
Name: Grace Drachler
Temporarily Absent: Yes
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Greene, Chenango, New York
Street: South Canal Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Greene, Chenango, New York
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 5A
Household Members:
Name Age
William Drachler 49
Edith Drachler 42
Elizabeth Drachler 19
Grace Drachler 18
Katherine Drachler 15
Ann Drachler 12
William Drachler 1
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1940
Ithaca College

ITHACA — Three Bingthamton area students have been listed on the Ithaca College honor roll for the first semester. Only 35 of the total 630 enrolled were honored.

The three stellar scholars are Miss Edith M. Lundquist, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Lundquist of 20 Lincoln avenue, Endlcott, a sophomore in the department of drama, who ranked seventh, and Miss Elizabeth Drachler and Miss Grace Drachler, who ranked twentieth and twenty-third, respectively. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Drachler of Greene.

Binghamton Press
Binghamton, New York
March 23, 1940

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)

Grace Helene DRACHLER - Name: Grace H Drachler Ithaca College, 1942-43 School Location: Ithaca, New York, USA Yearbook Title: The Cayugan

Name: Grace H Drachler
Ithaca College, 1942-43
School Location: Ithaca, New York, USA
Yearbook Title: The Cayugan

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1944
Plans are shaping up favorably for the Kayaderosseras camping season. Two counselors have been obtained, Miss Elizabeth Drachler of Greene, N. Y., and Miss Grace Drachler, Goshen, N. Y., sisters. The former teaches in public school in Richfield Springs. She has been leader of a Girl Scout troop there during the last winter season and is partial to outdoor cooking, dramatics, folk dancing and singing. The latter sister teaches music at Goshen and has had training as a Scout leader at Middletown, N. Y. She excels in swimming, outdoor cooking and crafts, such as painting, sketching and making sundry articles. The Drachler sisters will be in charge of the two units of camp, uphill and downhill.

THE SARATOGIAN, THURSDAY. JUNE 15, 1944

Brownies Discover Camp Adventures

The Brownie Scout camp at Camp Kayaderosseras has opened with a round of exciting activities for the eight and nine-year-old Girl Scouts.

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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.

1946
Miss Elizabeth Drachler of the Central school faculty and her sister, Miss Grace Drachler of the Goshen High school will leave Thursday of this week for Miami to spend the Christmas vacation with their parents.

The Otsego Farmer
Cooperstown, N. .Y. Friday, December 20, 1946

1947
Miss Grace Drachler and Miss Elizabeth Drachler spent the holidays with their parents Mr. and Mrs. William Drachler, at Ojus, Fl.

THE BINGHAMTON PRESS, Binghamton, New York, January 3, 1947

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1948
Greene—Miss Grace Drachler has accepted a position as vocal director in the Utica public schools beginning next September. Miss Drachler is at present director of vocal music in the Goshen schools.

Binghamton Press
Binghamton, New York
Tues., April 6, 1948

1950 Marriage / Partner
Grace Helene DRACHLER and Andrew Bruce SCHLAGETER 14 October 1950, Greene, New York, USA

She was 28 years old.

1950 - Utica, New York
Name: Grace H Drachler
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1922
Gender: Female
Birth Place: New York
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Utica, Oneida, New York, USA
Dwelling Number: 219
Household Members Age Relationship
Grace H Drachler 28 Head, Music Teacher
Gaetana C D'Antonio 27 Partner, Music Teacher
1950 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Binghamton Press
Binghamton, New York
June 13, 1950

Grace Helene DRACHLER - Grace H. Drachler

Grace H. Drachler

Thanks to Fred Porter and Kit Schlageter

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

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.

1957
The Misses Anne and Mary Kit Schlageter are visiting this week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Drachler, in Greene.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Schlageter left Friday for a week's vacation in New York City and Wappinger Falls.

THE LIVINGSTON REPUBLICAN, GENESEO, N. Y„ THURSDAY. APRIL 18, 1957

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)

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

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

2001 - George W. Bush becomes President of the United States

2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.

Obituary
Schlageter, Grace Helene (Drachler), On January 25, 2004 at the age of 82. Predeceased by her parents, two sisters and a grandson. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Andrew Bruce Schlageter of Brockport; daughters and their husbands, Ann and James Dahlheim of Laurel, Maryland, Kit Schlageter and Frederick Porter II of Brockport, Elizabeth and Scott Banner of Brockport; grandchildren, Andrew, Jesse and Kate Porter, James and Samuel Dahlheim, and William Banner; a sister, Ann English; and brother, William Drachler; several cousins, nieces and nephews. She was a graduate of The School of Music at Ithaca College. Throughout her career, she taught music at Goshen, Utica, Mt. Morris, Geneseo State College and Kendall. She was senior choir director at St. Luke's Church in Brockport and organized junior choirs at St. Michael's Church in Geneseo and St. Luke's. Grace was a founding member of the Brockport Symphony, playing first violin for twenty-seven years. Grace shared her gift of...Read MORE...