Lumina LECLAIR

(b. 13 February 1869 , North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1952 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Lumina LECLAIR was born 13 February 1869 in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

Lumina LECLAIR was the child of Louis Felix LECLAIR and Celeste DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Felix LECLAIR and Apolline DEBLOIS

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Lumina married Alfred BOUCHER 29 December 1890 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Alfred BOUCHER was born 16 March 1866 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Alfred died January 1963 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Alfred was the child of David BOUCHER and Julie MOREAU.

Lumina LECLAIR died abt. 1952 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Lumina LECLAIR married

Alfred BOUCHER-- Date: 29 December 1890 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Alfred BOUCHER was the child of David BOUCHER and Julie MOREAU

Groom's Name: Alfred Boucher
Groom's Birth Date: 1866
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Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Lumina Leclair
Bride's Birth Date: 1869
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Bride's Age: 21
Marriage Date: 29 Dec 1890
Marriage Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: David Boucher
Groom's Mother's Name: Julia Morceau
Bride's Father's Name: Felix Leclair
Bride's Mother's Name: Celeste Deon
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01161-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2047599
Reference Number: 4
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Children of Alfred BOUCHER and Lumina LECLAIR:

Alfred Raymond BOUCHER (b.25 February 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. January 1969, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Florina PROVOST

Yvonne J BOUCHER (b.16 March 1894, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 July 1976, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Oswald BOUCHER (b.December 1895, , Massachusetts, USA d. 17 March 1907, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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1869 Birth
Name: Elumina Le Clair
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1869
Birth Place: North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Felix Le Clair
Mother: Celista Le Clair

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1870 - North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Name: Elaumena Le Clare
[Elaumena Leclair]
Age in 1870: 1
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1870: North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: North Brookfield

Household Members:
Name Age
L F Le Clare 26
Celestia Le Clare 26
Orise Le Clare 5
Hermina Le Clare 3
Elaumena Le Clare 1

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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 - North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Name: Lumina Leclair
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Felix Leclair
Father's Birthplace: Cana
Mother's name: Celeste Leclair
Mother's Birthplace: Cana

Occupation: At School
Cannot read/ write:

Blind:

Deaf and Dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

Household Members:
Name Age
Felix Leclair 36
Celeste Leclair 35
Orize Leclair 15
Hermine Leclair 13
Lumina Leclair 11
Felix Leclair 7
Flourina Leclair 2

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

1890 Marriage / Partner
Lumina LECLAIR and Alfred BOUCHER 29 December 1890, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 21 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Alfred Raymond BOUCHER was born 25 February 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Lumina was 23 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1894 Birth of Child
Yvonne J BOUCHER was born 16 March 1894, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Lumina was 25 years old.

1895 Birth of Child
Oswald BOUCHER was born December 1895, , Massachusetts, USA

Lumina was 26 years old.

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.

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)

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)

1907 Death of Child
Oswald BOUCHER died 17 March 1907, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Lumina was 38 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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

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 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Lumina Boucher
[Lumina Poucher]
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Street: Everette St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alfred Boucher
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Able to Speak English: Yes
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Boucher 52
Lumina Boucher 50
Raymond Boucher 27
Yvonne Boucher 24

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 - 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.