Frances Veronica BUTENAS

(b. 28 September 1918 , Preston, Connecticut, USA d. 19 February 1990 , Windsor, Connecticut, USA )
Age: 71

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Frances Veronica BUTENAS was born 28 September 1918 in Preston, Connecticut, USA

Frances Veronica BUTENAS was the child of Julius BUTENAS and Veronica STANKEVICIUTE

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

Frances Veronica married John Warner HANSEN abt. 1946 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
John Warner HANSEN was born 21 September 1913 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. John Warner died 13 April 1982 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. John Warner was the child of John HANSEN and Mae BLESSING.

Frances Veronica BUTENAS died 19 February 1990 in Windsor, Connecticut, USA .

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Frances Veronica BUTENAS married

John Warner HANSEN-- Date: abt. 1946 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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John Warner HANSEN was the child of John HANSEN and Mae BLESSING

Name: Frances Veronica Butenas
Marriage Year: 1946
Marriage Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 98
Page Number: 173
Index Volume Number: 141
Reference Number: F63.M36 v.141

Name: John Warner Hansen
Marriage Year: 1946
Marriage Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Index Volume Number: 146
Reference Number: F63.M36 v.146

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970

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1918 Birth
28 September 1918
Preston, Connecticut, USA

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 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Name: Frances Butenas
[Frances Butenar]
Age: 1
[1 8/ 12]
Birth Year: abt 1919
[abt 1918]
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1920: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Julius Butenas
Father's Birthplace: Lithuania
Mother's name: Veronica Butenas
Mother's Birthplace: Lithuania
Household Members:
Name Age
Julius Butenas 30
Veronica Butenas 22
Frances Butenas 1
[1 8/ 12]
Adam Butenas 33
Rosie Butenas 33
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)

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 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Name: Frances Butenas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Windsor Town, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 2-264
Family Number: 24
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 75
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 508
Digital Folder Number: 005461397
Image Number: 01005
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Veronica Butenas F 41 Lithuania
Daughter Frances Butenas F 21 Connecticut
Son John Butenas M 19 Connecticut
Boarder Joseph Patuska M 18 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 - South Coventry, Connecticut
Name: Frances V Hansen
Age: 31
Birth Date: abt 1919
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: South Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
Household Members Age Relationship
John W Hansen
36 Head
Frances V Hansen 31 Wife
Patricia A Hansen
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 - 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
Name: Frances V Hansen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1961
Street address: 13 Avon m Z
Residence Place: Enfield; Hazardville; Thompsonville; Suffield; Warehouse Point; Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Spouse: John W Hansen
Publication Title: Enfield, Connecticut, City Directory, 1961

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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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)

1982 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Warner HANSEN died 13 April 1982, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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

1990 Death
Connecticut, Death Index, 1949-2001
name: Frances Hansen
event: Death
event date: 19 Feb 1990
event place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
residence: Windsor Locks, Hartford, Connecticut
street address: 13 AVON ST
gender: Female
age: 71
marital status: Widowed
race: White
hispanic origin:
occupation: HSEWF
industry:
education: Primary/ Secondary
birth date:
birthplace: Preston
estimated birth year: 1919
father's name: BUTENAS
spouse's name: JOHN
certificate number: 05090

Death
Name: Frances Hansen
Father's Surname: Butenas
Death Date: 19 Feb 1990
Death Place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Age: 71 Years
Birth Place: Preston, Connecticut
Birth Date: Sep 1918
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse: John
State File #: 05090
Occupation: HSEWF
Education: Primary/ Secondary
Residence : Windsor Locks, Hartford, Connecticut
Address: 13 Avon St 060962007
Gender: Female
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: No

Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Department of Health.
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Obituary
HANSEN. Frances V. (Butenas) Hansen, 71, formerly of Avon Street, Windsor Locks, wife of the late John W. Hansen, died Monday (Feb. 19, 1990) in an area convalescent home. She was born in Po-quonock, and lived in the area for all of her life. She is survived by a son, Richard A. Hansen of Enfield; a daughter, Patricia Harju of Maple Grove, Minn.; and seven grandchildren. Funeral will be Friday, 8:15 a.m., from the Kania Funeral Home, 105 Oak St., Windsor Locks, with a mass of Christian burial, 9 a.m., in St. Joseph's Church, Poquonock. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, 7-9 p.m.

Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
February 21, 1990

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