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Emma Lems 1904 - 1984

Emma Lems of Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa was born on August 24, 1904, and died at age 80 years old in October 1984.

Emma Lems
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Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa 51240
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August 24, 1904
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October 1984
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In 1904, in the year that Emma Lems 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 1915, Emma was just 11 years old when the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
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Lems, Cornelia (Jan 19, 1932 - Oct 14, 2000) Lems, Jacobus (Jul 28, 1891 - Mar 1971) Lems, Catherine (Jul 17, 1912 - Dec 23, 1999) Lems, Robert (Dec 18, 1909 - Jun 1983) Lems, Dirk (Feb 13, 1892 - Jun 1972) Lems, Lena (Nov 2, 1903 - May 1982) Lems, Jeanette (Jan 8, 1912 - Apr 10, 1991) Lems, Ladean (Aug 8, 1951 - Dec 13, 2010) Lems, Corbie (Jun 18, 1929 - Oct 28, 2000) Lems, Henry (Jul 12, 1927 - Aug 1974)
Lems, Leonard (Jan 19, 1926 - Jul 25, 1999) Lems, Lorraine (May 17, 1936 - Jun 1964) Lems, Gerrit (Oct 21, 1904 - Nov 1971) Lems, Bastian (Sep 22, 1910 - Aug 1971) Lems, William (Oct 23, 1906 - Jan 1975) Lems, Catherine (Jan 20, 1907 - Jun 1989) Lems, Della (Oct 29, 1900 - Jan 1971) Lems, Paul (Jun 18, 1898 - Mar 1973) Lems, Todd (Oct 29, 1962 - Jun 1984) Lems, Kornelius (May 12, 1931 - Mar 17, 1968)
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