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Joseph Lafrenais 1902 - 1984

Joseph George Lafrenais of Acushnet, Bristol County, MA was born on January 4, 1902 in New Bedford, and died at age 82 years old on November 23, 1984 in New Bedford.
Joseph George Lafrenais
Acushnet, Bristol County, MA 02743
January 4, 1902
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
November 23, 1984
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
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  • 01/4
    1902

    Birthday

    January 4, 1902
    Birthdate
    New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts United States
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    A veteran, Joseph served in the United States Army during World War II, from January of 140 until April of 1943.
  • Professional Career

    When he was 48 years old, Joseph told the 1950 Federal census that he was working as a repairman in a radio store.
  • Personal Life & Family

    Joseph George Lafrenais was born to Alphonse Lafresnais and Georgina Landreville and he had siblings Chambord, Beatrice, Aliette, Irene and Leona. Joseph Lafrenais married Dora in 1945 in Acushnet, Massachusetts.
  • 11/23
    1984

    Death

    November 23, 1984
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts United States
    Death location
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In 1902, in the year that Joseph Lafrenais was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1916, at the age of merely 14 years old, Joseph was alive when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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