Esther KORCH

(b. 7 April 1914 , Thompson, Connecticut, USA d. 22 December 1957 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA )

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Esther KORCH was born 7 April 1914 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Esther KORCH was the child of Henry Emery KORCH and Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry KORCH and Elizabeth GRULKE (GUELKAO) (GRULKAO) (maternal) Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) and Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

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

Esther married Alban PLASSE abt. 1930 . Alban PLASSE was born abt. 1910

Esther married (2) Kenneth Hanson BUCK abt. 1932 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA . Kenneth Hanson BUCK was born 9 January 1911 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA. Kenneth Hanson died 13 July 1989 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro). Kenneth Hanson was the child of William Frank BUCK and Anna Louise Toft HANSON.

Esther KORCH died 22 December 1957 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - January 8, 1991
Deceased Name: SYBIL A. ADAMS, 54
BROOKLYN - Sybil A. Adams, 54, of Tifinay Street died yesterday at University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, after an illness.

She was the wife of Roland Adams. Besides her husband, she leaves five sons, Allen Adams of Woodstock, Russell and Randy Adams, both of Webster, Mark Adams of Auburn and Michael Adams of Lakeland, Fla. three daughters, Nancy Delage of Woodstock, Cheryl Daycock of Plainfield and Lynn Adams of Webster a brother, Albin Plasse of Putnam two sisters, Germaine Earle of Putnam and Myrt Lambert of North Windham seven grandchildren nieces and nephews. Mr. and Mrs. Adams were married in Webster in 1955. She was born in Webster, daughter of Kenneth Buck and the late Esther (Korch) Buck Plasse, and had been a resident of Thompson for 23 years, coming from Putnam. She lived most recently in Brooklyn.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 63 Grove St., Putnam, with the Rev. Richard Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam. Calling hours at Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St., Putnam are 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday.

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Esther KORCH married

Kenneth Hanson BUCK-- Date: abt. 1932 Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Kenneth Hanson BUCK was the child of William Frank BUCK and Anna Louise Toft HANSON

Marriage intentions were filed at the office of Town Clerk John E. Hickey today. They were Kenneth Buck, 21, a cost accountant of Sutton road, Webster, and Esther E. Korch, 17, of 49 Ash street, at home.

Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
March 15, 1932

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1914 Birth
7 April 1914
Thompson, 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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Esther Kovak
[Esther Korak]
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1914
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1920: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry Kovak
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's name: Elizabeth Kovak
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
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Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kovak 38
Elizabeth Kovak 35
Margaret Kovak 13
Elizabeth Kovak 11
Henry Kovak 7
Esther Kovak 6
Marion Kovak 2
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Dorothy Kovak 1
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John Techade 23
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 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Esther Korch
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Female
age: 15
marital status: Single
race: White
birthplace: Connecticut
estimated birth year: 1915
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Daughter
father's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
mother's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
enumeration district number: 0293
family number: 750
sheet number and letter: 31B
line number: 90
nara publication: T626, roll 966
film number: 2340701
digital folder number: 4607702
image number: 00865
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Korch M 49 Czechoslovakia
wife Elizabeth Korch F 45 Czechoslovakia
daughter Margaret Korch F 23 Connecticut
daughter Elizabeth Korch F 21 Connecticut
son Henry Korch M 17 Connecticut
daughter Esther Korch F 15 Connecticut
daughter Marion Korch F 13 Massachusetts
daughter Dorothy Korch F 11 Massachusetts
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.

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.

1957 Death
22 December 1957
Webster, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 43.

Obituary
MRS. ALBAN PLASSE

NORTH GROSVENOR DALE, Conn. - Mrs. Esther (Korch) Plasse, 43, of RFD1, Wilsonville, died yesterday at Worcester City Hospital after a long illness.

She leaves her husband, Alban; a son, Alban, Jr., of this town; three daughters, Miss Germaine Plasse, Mrs. Cybil Adams of Fabian and Mrs. Myrtis Babula of Putnam; a brother, Henri Korch of Webster; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Snow of Dodge, Mass., Mrs. Dorothy Buck of Putney, Vt., Mrs. Elizabeth Jewell of Oxford, Mass., Mrs. Marion Ellery of this town; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henri Korch of Webster, and two grandchildren.

The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Paradis Funeral Home in Webster. The Rev. Robert E Davis will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Webster.

Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today.

Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
December 23, 1957