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Alma Joyce Rooke 1915 - 2015

Alma Joyce (Rooke) Matthews of Warrnambool, VIC Australia was born on July 26, 1915 in Mortlake, Moyne Shire County to Rooke Clarence Croxford and Eleanor Dale Croxford. She had a sister Freda Caroline Croxford. Alma Matthews married Hugh Alexander Matthews in 1936, and died at age 100 years old on December 13, 2015 in Warrnambool.

Alma Joyce (Rooke) Matthews

Warrnambool, VIC 3280, Australia

July 26, 1915

Mortlake, Moyne Shire County, VIC, 3272, Australia

December 13, 2015

Warrnambool, VIC, 3280, Australia

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1915

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July 26, 1915

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Mortlake, Moyne Shire County, VIC 3272, Australia

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December 13, 2015

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Warrnambool, VIC 3280, Australia
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Alma Joyce Rooke lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.

The average age of a Rooke family member is 74.

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In 1915, in the year that Alma Joyce Rooke was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.

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In 1947, she was 32 years old when on November 25th, the Hollywood "Black List" was created by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Ten Hollywood writers and directors had refused to testify to the Committee regarding "Communists" or "Reds" in the movie industry. The next day, the blacklist was created and they were fired.

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