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Joseph Bernard Dusch 

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Aloise Dusch
5/22/1852 - 7/2/1914

Eugenia Marie Irr
7/21/1857 - 12/8/1912
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Joseph Bernard Dusch
3/7/1889 - 9/10/1961
(Shown at age 36)
Joseph Bernard Dusch was born on March 7, 1889 somewhere in New York and died on September 10, 1961 in Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York. He lived to be 72 years old.

His father, Aloise Dusch was born in France and immigrated in 1872 to the United States.
Children:
Eugenia (1913)
Sylvester(1914)
Elmer A. (1916)
Clifford(1918)
Elbira (1922)
Norman F. (1923)Myron (1926)
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Census6/7/1900 Elma NY (Erie County) 11 yrs old 
Recorded as dwelling #52: Aloise Dusch (age 48, born May 1852), Eugunie (wife, age 42, born July 1857), Joseph (son, age 16, born March 1884), Victorica (daughter, 14, born July 1885), and Eugene (son, 11, born Oct. 1888). They have been married 18 years and Eugunie has given birth to 3 children and all are still living. Everyone was born in New York except Aloise who was born in France (as were both of his parents). Both of Eugunie's parents were also born in France. Aloise is working as a blacksmith and his oldest son, Joseph, is an apprentice blacksmith. Joseph and the younger children are attending school. All can read, write and speak English.

West Seneca, Erie Co., NY - #199 -Victor Ive (age 68, Oct. 1831), Barbara Ive (66, Nov. 1833), Selestine Ive (27, Aug. 1872), Anthony J. Ive (25, Dec. 1874), Cecilia Ive (20, Sept. 1879), Victor was born in Germany and immigrated in 1853. Barbara was born in Germany and immigrated in 1837. All children born in NY. Victor and Barbara have been married 43 years, they have had 10 children, all are living. Victor is a justice of the peace.  
Census4/28/1910 West Seneca NY (Erie County) 21 yrs old 
Recorded as dwelling #117: Barbara Jee (age 75), Selestin Jee (daughter, age 38), Cuercila Jee (daughter, age 30), and Joseph Dusch (grandson, age 26). Barbara is widowed and the rest are single. Barbara has given birth to 10 children and nine are still living. She was born in France as were both of her parents. Her daughters and Joseph were born in NY. Joseph's father was born in Germany and his mother in New York. The oldest daughter is working as a servant and Joseph is working as a blacksmith.  
Marriage4/26/1911 Wyoming NY  22 yrs old 
Name: Joseph B. Dusch, Event Type: Marriage, Event Date: April 26, 1911, Event Place: Wyoming, New York, Gender: Male, Age: 27 Birth Year: (Estimated) 1884, Father's Name: Aloiz Dusch, Mother's Name: Eugenia Irr, Spouse's Name: Margaret Jerge, Spouse's Gender: Female, Spouse's Age: 22, Spouse's Birth Year: (Estimated) 1889, Spouse's Father's Name: William Jerge, Spouse's Mother's Name: Katherine Seifest 
Census1/3/1920 New York NY (Erie County) 30 yrs old 
Recorded as dwelling #24: Joseph B. Dusch (age 36), Margaret (wife, age 31), Eugenia M. (daughter, age 6), Sylvester J. (son, age 5), Elmer A. (son, age 3 years, 11 months), and Clifford (son, age 1 year 1 month). Joseph and Margaret own their home and both can read and write. The two oldest children have been attending school. All were born in New York except Joseph's father who was French and born in Alsace-Lorraine. Joseph is working as a retail merchant selling auto supplies.  
Census1/1/1940 West Seneca NY (Erie County) 50 yrs old 
page 2B,#53-Joseph B. Dusch (age 56), Margaret R. Dusch (52), Elmer A Dusch (23), Clifford Dusch (21), Elvira Dusch (18), Norman Dusch (16), Myson Dusch (15), Edretta Dusch (5). All were born in NY. They rent their home on Clinton Street, valued at $25. Joseph is the proprietor of a auto retail agency.  

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6 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
8 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
11 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
11 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
12 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
13 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
14 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
15 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
17 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
17 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
17 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
23 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
24 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
25 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
34 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
34 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
35 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
37 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
38 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
39 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
47 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
49 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
57 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
58 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
62 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
63 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
68 1957 Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
71 1960 The ruby laser was created by Maiman
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19 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
23 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
24 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
28 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
30 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
49 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
50 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
52 1941 NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
61 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
66 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
71 1960 NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
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20 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
21 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
38 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
40 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
41 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
43 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
44 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!
45 1934 Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.
45 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
46 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
50 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
54 1943 Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
55 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
56 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
65 1954 The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
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20 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
25 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
28 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
30 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
31 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
49 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
50 1939 Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
56 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Joseph and Margaret Dusch
Joseph and Margaret Dusch
Joseph & Margaret Dusch
Joseph & Margaret Dusch
Joseph, Victoria & Eugene Dusch
Joseph, Victoria & Eugene Dusch
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Grandpa & Grandma with kids - NY Beach
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Margaret Jerge
Born about 1888 and died on June 19, 1968
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The Children of Joseph Bernard Dusch

63 years old
Elmer Aloise Dusch
Born in Gardenville, New York on November 7, 1916 and died in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on July 25, 2003. He was 86 years old.

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