Frank LALIBERTE

(b. 1 February 1903 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 August 1980 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )

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Frank LALIBERTE was born 1 February 1903 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Frank LALIBERTE was the child of Eusebe LALIBERTE and Julia ANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Victor LALIBERTE and Zenaide GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE (maternal) Charles ANGER and Julie PRUNIER

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

Frank married Ovaline PELOQUIN 1 October 1927 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ovaline PELOQUIN was born 13 March 1911 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Ovaline died 31 March 1987 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Ovaline was the child of Edward PELOQUIN and Melvina Mary TISDELL.

Frank LALIBERTE died 4 August 1980 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Frank LALIBERTE married

Ovaline PELOQUIN-- Date: 1 October 1927 Place: Spencer, Massachusetts, USA
Ovaline PELOQUIN was the child of Edward PELOQUIN and Melvina Mary TISDELL

Children of Frank LALIBERTE and Ovaline PELOQUIN:

Norman Leo LALIBERTE (b.27 April 1929, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 April 2015, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Louis Ernest LALIBERTE (b.17 March 1932, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 March 1991, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)

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1903 Birth
1 February 1903
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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)

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Francois Laliberte
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Canada French
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
family number: 294
page number: 13
Household Gender Age
parent Eusebe Laliberte M 38y
parent Julie Laliberte F 36y
Eusebe Laliberte M 16y
Cyrille Laliberte M 14y
Louis Laliberte M 13y
Corrine Laliberte F 8y
Francois Laliberte M 7y
Joseph Laliberte M 21y
Parmelia Laliberte F 20y
Anna Laliberte F y 8m

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frank Laliberte
residence: Southbridge City, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1903
age: 17
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Son
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820748
digital folder number: 4311573
image number: 00448
sheet number: 22
Household Gender Age
parent Eusebe Laliberte M 48y
parent Julia Laliberte F 45y
Corrine Laliberte F 19y
Frank Laliberte M 17y
Arthur Laliberte M 8y
Edward Laliberte M 5y

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 Marriage / Partner
Frank LALIBERTE and Ovaline PELOQUIN 1 October 1927, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Norman Leo LALIBERTE was born 27 April 1929, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Frank was 26 years old.

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 Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frank L Laliberte
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 27
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1903
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0273
family number: 50
sheet number and letter: 3A
line number: 6
nara publication: T626, roll 966
film number: 2340701
digital folder number: 4607702
image number: 00010
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frank L Laliberte M 27 Massachusetts
wife Oveline I Laliberte F 19 Massachusetts
son Normand L Laliberte M 11 Massachusetts
boarder Cyrile Latille M 62 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.

1932 Birth of Child
Louis Ernest LALIBERTE was born 17 March 1932, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Frank was 29 years old.

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 Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Frank Laliberty
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Spencer Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
gender: Male
age: 37
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1903
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 14-264
family number: 124
sheet number and letter: 6B
line number: 80
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1654
digital folder number: 005460926
image number: 00503
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Frank Laliberty M 37 Massachusetts
wife Oveline Laliberte F 29 Massachusetts
son Norman Laliberte M 10 Massachusetts
daughter Jean Laliberte F 8 Massachusetts
son Ernest Laliberte M 7 Massachusetts
daughter Ann Laliberte F 18 Massachusetts
grandmother Edesse Tisdell F 81...Read MORE...

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 - 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

1980 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
name: Frank L Laliberte
event: Death
event date: 04 Aug 1980
event place: Worcester, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 041806
birth date: 01 Feb 1903
birthplace: Massachusetts
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Death
first name: Frank
middle name:
last name: Laliberte
name suffix:
birth date: 6 February 1903
social security number: 033-07-2205
place of issuance: Massachusetts
last residence: Worcester, Massachusetts
zip code of last residence: 01562
death date : August 1980
estimated age at death: 77
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