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Guillemette Grassel

21 Sep 1910 – 1 Feb 2000

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A life in time

  1. 21 Sep 1910

    Born

  2. 24 Nov 1949

    A daughter is born

  3. 1 Feb 2000

    Dies, aged 89

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During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Guillemette is born

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain
The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.Around the world · 1918–1920

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.

Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine · public domain
The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.Around the world · 1908–1927

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.

ModelTMitch · public domain
The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.Around the world · 1912

The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.

Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart · public domain