Beatrice M LECLAIR

(b. 27 July 1908 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 December 1997 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 89

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Beatrice M LECLAIR was born 27 July 1908 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Beatrice M LECLAIR was the child of William Jean Baptiste LECLAIR and Celina DUQUETTE

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Beatrice M married Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY 23 November 1925 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY was born 24 December 1905 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Albert Lewis Rodolph died 14 December 1992 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Albert Lewis Rodolph was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA.

Beatrice M LECLAIR died 3 December 1997 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Beatrice M LECLAIR married

Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY-- Date: 23 November 1925 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA

SOUTHBRIDGE, Nov 23 - ...Rudolph Tremblay of Fairlawn st and Miss Beatrice M. Leclair, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Leclair of Brick Yard road, were married at 8 a.m. by Rev Fr L. O. Triganne. The bride's father and Napoleon Tremblay, uncle of the bride, were the attendants. Prof E. L. Tapin directed the music and the Misses Irene Allard and Rita Richards were soloists.

A reception followed in Rocahmbeau Hall. Mrs. and Mrs. Tremblay left for Boston and Providence and on their return will live at 167 Elm st.

Mr. Tremblay is a diemaker at the American Optical Company. His bride is also employed by this company.

Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Massachusetts
November 23, 1925

Children of Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY and Beatrice M LECLAIR:

William Arthur TREMBLAY (b.12 November 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 October 2008, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Barbara HICKOX 15 May 1948 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Pauline Beatrice TREMBLAY (b.29 June 1930, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 March 2017, Charlton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Joseph Felix PAQUIN 5 January 1952 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1908 Birth
27 July 1908
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1908
name: Beatrice Leclair
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event date: 27 Jul 1908
event place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
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father: Jean Bte Leclair
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mother: Celine Duquette
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volume/ page/ certificate number: p 417
film number: 2315251
digital folder number: 4212542
image number: 876

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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: Beatrice C Leclaire
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1909
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 2
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William J Leclaire Head Male 37 Vermont
Malvina C Leclaire Wife Female 34 Massachusetts
Beatrice C Leclaire Daughter Female 11 Massachusetts
Selina M Leclaire Daughter Female 9 Massachusetts
Jeanette J Leclaire Daughter Female 4 Massachusetts
Raymond J Leclaire Son Male 1 Massachusetts
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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

1925 Marriage / Partner
Beatrice M LECLAIR and Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY 23 November 1925, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 17 years old.

1926 Birth of Child
William Arthur TREMBLAY was born 12 November 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Beatrice M was 18 years old.

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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Beatrice Tremblay
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 21
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1909
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relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Vermont
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0271
family number: 442
sheet number and letter: 19B
line number: 61
nara publication: T626, roll 965
film number: 2340700
digital folder number: 4607701
image number: 01050
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.

1930 Birth of Child
Pauline Beatrice TREMBLAY was born 29 June 1930, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Beatrice M was 21 years old.

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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Brickyard Road
Tremblay Rodolph, head, 34, b. MA, tool and dye maker, optical, $1872
Tremblay Beatrice, wife, 31, b. MA
Tremblay William, son, 13, b. MA
Tremblay Pauline, daughter, 9, b. MA
Tremblay Theresa, daughter, 7, b. MA
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)

1948 Marriage of Child
William Arthur TREMBLAY married 15 May 1948, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Barbara HICKOX

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

1952 Marriage of Child
Pauline Beatrice TREMBLAY married 5 January 1952, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Joseph Felix PAQUIN

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

Beatrice M LECLAIR - Rudy Tremblay, his wife Bea LeClair Tremblay, Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

Rudy Tremblay, his wife Bea LeClair Tremblay, Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

1992 Death of Spouse/Partner
Albert Lewis Rodolph TREMBLAY died 14 December 1992, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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

1997 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
name: Beatrice M Tremblay
event: Death
event date: 03 Dec 1997
event place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 055640
birth date: 27 Jul 1908
birthplace: Massachusetts
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Obituary
BEATRICE M. TREMBLAY, 89
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
December 4, 1997

SOUTHBRIDGE - Beatrice M. (LeClair) Tremblay, 89, formerly of 60 Charlton St., died yesterday in Providence House Nursing Home, after an illness.

Her husband, A. Rodolph Tremblay, died in 1992. She leaves a son, William A. Tremblay of Sturbridge; two daughters, Pauline T. Paquin and Theresa L. Joy, both of Southbridge; a sister, Celina Bourassa of Southbridge; 21 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was born in Southbridge, daughter of William and Celina (Duquette) LeClair, and lived here all her life.
Mrs. Tremblay was a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church.

The funeral will be held Saturday from Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home, 130 Hamilton St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 30 Charlton St. Burial will be in Old Notre Dame Cemetery. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers,...Read MORE...

Beatrice M LECLAIR - Grave of Beatrice M. LeClair Tremblay - cemetery behind Charlton St. School, Southbridge, MA

Grave of Beatrice M. LeClair Tremblay - cemetery behind Charlton St. School, Southbridge, MA

Old Notre Dame, St. Mary's, Sacred Heart Cemetery
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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Beatrice is buried at: Old Notre Dame, St. Mary's, Sacred Heart Cemetery
220 Charlton Street
Southbridge, Massachusetts
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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