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Bessie Shafter 1895 - 1997

Bessie Shafter of Bellmore, Nassau County, NY was born on September 20, 1895, and died at age 101 years old on January 23, 1997.

Bessie Shafter
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Bellmore, Nassau County, NY 11710
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September 20, 1895
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In 1895, in the year that Bessie Shafter was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1903, at the age of merely 8 years old, Bessie was alive when the United States Department of Commerce and Labor was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to control the excesses of big business. Renamed the Department of Commerce 10 years later, many departments concerned with workers were transferred to the Department of Labor at that time. Another spin-off, the Bureau of Corporations, became the Federal Trade Commission.
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Shafter, Samuel (Nov 16, 1904 - May 1971) Shafter, Sidney (Dec 21, 1918 - Apr 27, 1992) Shafter, Diane (Nov 15, 1904 - Dec 1981) Shafter, Virginia (Oct 8, 1922 - Sep 30, 2007) Shafter, Richard (Oct 20, 1930 - Sep 1978) Shafter, Mabelle (Jul 13, 1890 - Sep 1987) Shafter, Stuart (May 31, 1920 - Oct 21, 2005) Shafter, Matilda (Apr 29, 1931 - Feb 16, 2011) Shafter, Louis (Feb 22, 1896 - Nov 1949) Shafter, Christina (Dec 21, 1905 - Oct 1976)
Shafter, Benno (Jul 15, 1891 - Mar 1978) Shafter, Ernest (Jul 25, 1883 - Sep 1971) Shafter, Joseph (Jun 12, 1927 - Dec 12, 1996) Shafter, Bernard (Aug 26, 1907 - Aug 14, 2001) Shafter, Bella (Nov 20, 1906 - Mar 1980) Shafter, Sam (Oct 3, 1906 - Nov 1976) Shafter, Joseph (Jun 20, 1905 - Dec 1978) Shafter, Catherine (Sep 28, 1905 - May 18, 1999) Shafter, Ruland (Jan 14, 1889 - May 1969) Shafter, Julius (Sep 20, 1895 - Nov 18, 1989)
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