Joseph William THOMAS

(b. 19 September 1922 , Massachusetts, USA d. 17 January 1998 , Massachusetts, USA )

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Joseph William THOMAS was born 19 September 1922 in Massachusetts, USA

Joseph William THOMAS was the child of Joseph Augustin THOMAS and Marie Elisabeth BRIDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Didyme THOMAS and Marie Catherine MCGRATH (maternal) Joseph John Marcin BRIDEAU and Catherine LOSIER

Joseph William was a soldier in World War II.

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Joseph William married Marie Marguerite Rita LAVOIE 25 November 1947 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . Marie Marguerite Rita LAVOIE was born 5 April 1925 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Marguerite Rita was the child of David LAVOIE and Marie Sophie BRIDEAU.

Joseph William THOMAS died 17 January 1998 in Massachusetts, USA.
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Marie Marguerite Rita LAVOIE-- Date: 25 November 1947 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Marie Marguerite Rita LAVOIE was the child of David LAVOIE and Marie Sophie BRIDEAU

Name: Joseph William Thomas
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Nov 1947
Event Place: Tracadie, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1922
Father's Name: Augustin Thomas
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Brideau
Spouse's Name: Rita Lavoie
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1925
Spouse's Father's Name: David Lavoie
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sophie Brideau
Certificate Number: 005682
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GS Film Number: 002320272
Digital Folder Number: 005420816
Image Number: 00372

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Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Aurele Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Leominster Ward 1, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: 97
Gender: Male
Age: 0
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Birthplace: Canada
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Household ID: 50
Line Number: 12
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820747
Digital Folder Number: 004311572
Image Number: 00037

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
August D Thomas Head M 21 Canada
Elizabeth Thomas Wife F 22 Canada
Aurele Thomas Son M 0 Canada
Ernest Brideau Brother-in-law M 29 Canada
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1922 Birth
19 September 1922
Massachusetts, USA

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)

Amesbury, Massachusetts
Name: Oral Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
District: 0006
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Birthplace: Canada-French
Immigration Year: 1921
Father's Birthplace: New Brunswick
Mother's Birthplace: New Brunswick
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Household ID: 64
Line Number: 57
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 894
GS Film number: 2340629
Digital Folder Number: 004606991
Image Number: 00901

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
August Thomas Head M 32 New Brunswick
Elizabeth Thomas Wife F 32 New Brunswick
Oral Thomas Son M 10 Canada-French
Mildred Thomas Daughter F 9 Massachusetts
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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.

Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Joseph A Thomas
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 1, Leominster, Leominster City, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 14-161
Family Number: 24
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Line Number: 11
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1651
Digital Folder Number: 005460923
Image Number: 00270

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
August Thomas Head M 42 Canada
Elizabeth Thomas Wife F 42 Canada
Joseph A Thomas Son M 20 Canada
Mildred Thomas Daughter F 19 Massachusetts
Irene Thomas Daughter F 18 Massachusetts
Gerald Thomas Son M 17 Massachusetts
Wallace Thomas Son M 16 Massachusetts
Lillian Thomas Daughter F 11 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.

1947 Marriage / Partner
Joseph William THOMAS and Marie Marguerite Rita LAVOIE 25 November 1947, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 25 years old.

1947 marriage

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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

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

Obituary Information
Name: Mr Joseph Or Bucky Thomas
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 17 Jan 1998
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birthplace: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Newspaper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Spouse and Children
Rita Lavoie Thomas Wife Female
Elizabeth Rideau Thomas Wife Female

Parents and Siblings
August Thomas Father Male

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