Audrey Margaret CARROLL

(b. 7 October 1913 , Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 23 October 1987 , Middletown, Connecticut, USA )

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Audrey Margaret CARROLL was born 7 October 1913 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Audrey Margaret CARROLL was the child of John Louis CARROLL and Margaret Emma POEHLER

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Audrey Margaret married William Richard HANSEN 6 October 1932 in North East, New York, USA . William Richard HANSEN was born 25 August 1908 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. William Richard died 13 August 1978 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. William Richard was the child of Henry (Henrik) Valentin HANSEN and Henrietta Ruth BLESSING.

Audrey Margaret married (2) Norman Archie WHEELER abt. 1955 . Norman Archie WHEELER was born 6 September 1928 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. Norman Archie died 13 April 2018 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA.

Audrey Margaret CARROLL died 23 October 1987 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.

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Audrey Margaret CARROLL married

William Richard HANSEN-- Date: 6 October 1932 Place: North East, New York, USA
Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, October 7, 1933

William Richard HANSEN was the child of Henry (Henrik) Valentin HANSEN and Henrietta Ruth BLESSING

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Hartford Courant - Jul 10, 1932
MISS AUDREY MARGARET CARROLL The engagement of Miss Carroll to Mr William Richard Hansen son of Mr and Mrs Henry V Hansen of Congress Street is announced by ...

Hansen-Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carroll of Windsor Avenue, Wilson, announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Audrey Carroll, to Mr. William Richard Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Hansen of Congress Street. The ceremony took place at Millerton, N. Y on October 6, 1932.

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Audrey Margaret CARROLL married

Norman Archie WHEELER-- Date: abt. 1955 Place:
Marriage date is a mystery! Should be somewhere between 1953 and 1980ish.

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1913 Birth
7 October 1913
Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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 Hartford County, Connecticut
name: Audrey M Carroll
residence: , Hartford, Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1914
age: 6
birthplace: Connecticut
relationship to head of household: Daughter
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820180
digital folder number: 4294450
image number: 00402
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
parent John L Carroll M 53y
parent Margaret E Carroll F 49y
Charles C Carroll M 24y
Raymond C Carroll M 20y
John L Carroll M 17y
Arline R Carroll F 22y
Lillian J Carroll F 14y
Barbara P Carroll F 12y
William F Carroll M 8y
Audrey M Carroll F 6y

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 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
name: Audrey M Carroll
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
gender: Female
age: 16
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1914
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Connecticut
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 240
family number: 172
sheet number and letter: 8B
line number: 74
nara publication: T626, roll 268
film number: 2340003
digital folder number: 4531872
image number: 00849
Household Gender Age
parent John L Carroll M 62
parent Margerite Carroll F 58
Clayton Charles Carroll M 34
Lillian R Carroll F 24
Willian F Carroll M 18
Audrey M Carroll F 16

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.

1932 Marriage / Partner
Audrey Margaret CARROLL and William Richard HANSEN 6 October 1932, North East, New York, USA (Millerton)

She was 19 years old.

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 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
name: Audrey Hansen
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 7, Hartford, Hartford Town, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
gender: Female
age: 25
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Wife
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1915
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 10-86
family number: 9
sheet number and letter: 1B
line number: 42
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 536
digital folder number: 005461425
image number: 00251
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William Hansen M 28 Connecticut
wife Audrey Hansen F 25 Connecticut
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.

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.'

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

1978 Death of Spouse/Partner
William Richard HANSEN died 13 August 1978, Hollywood, Florida, USA

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.

Death
Name: Audrey Carroll Hansen
[Audrey Carroll Wheeler]
[Audrey Wheeler]
[Audrey Carroll Carroll]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1913
Birth Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Death Date: 23 Oct 1987
Father:
John L Carroll
Mother:
Margaret E Phoeler
SSN: 042019660
Death Certificate Number: 22070
Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as AUDREY CARROLL HANSEN; Sep 1961: Name listed as AUDREY CARROLL WHEELER; 22 May 1998: Name listed as AUDREY WHEELER

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Obituary
WHEELER. Audrey Margaret (Carroll) Wheeler, of 27 Boulder Trail, Killingworth, wife of Norman A.. Wheeler, died Friday (Oct. 23) at Middlesex Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hartford, the youngest of nine children of the late John L. Carroll, Sr. and Margaret (Poehler) Carroll, and was raised in the Wilson section of Windsor. She lived most of her life in Hartford, Wethersfield and South Windsor, and after her retirement, moved to Killingworth. Mrs. Wheeler retired in 1979 from the Central Accounts Payable Division, of the State Comptrollers Office after 23 years of state employment. She was a member of the Wapping Community Church of South Windsor. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harry L. (Denice) Welles Jr.; a sister, Mrs. Francis (Barbara) Beakey of Old Lyme and East Windsor; a brother, John Carroll Jr. of Granby; a granddaughter, Jessica Welles of Norwich, N.Y.; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three sisters,...Read MORE...

Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
October 24, 1987