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Alvena Wessel 1904 - 1987

Alvena Wessel of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois was born on January 27, 1904, and died at age 83 years old in February 1987.
Alvena Wessel
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois 62301
January 27, 1904
February 1987
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Alvena Wessel's History: 1904 - 1987

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    1904

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    January 27, 1904
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  • 02/dd
    1987

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    February 1987
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    Alvena Wessel lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1904, in the year that Alvena Wessel was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1912, Alvena was only 8 years old when the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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