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Gerte Leonore Christie 1904 - 1985

Gerte Leonore Christie of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on October 19, 1904 in Ararat, Ararat Rural City County to Eliza Smith Christie and Alexander Charles Herbert Christie. She had siblings Evelyn Mary Christie, Margaret Ruby Christie, Irene Alexandra Christie, Aileen Marjorie Christie, Victor Alexander Christie, Kathleen Florence Christie, Edgar Charles Christie, Dorothy Jean Christie, Isabella Joyce Christie, and Phyllis Lorraine Christie. Gerte Christie married Stan George Gladstone Andrews in 1927, and died at age 80 years old on July 18, 1985 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County.
Gerte Leonore Christie
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
October 19, 1904
Ararat, Ararat Rural City County, VIC, 3377, Australia
July 18, 1985
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia
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  • 10/19
    1904

    Birthday

    October 19, 1904
    Birthdate
    Ararat, Ararat Rural City County, VIC 3377, Australia
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  • 07/18
    1985

    Death

    July 18, 1985
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
    Death location
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    Gerte Leonore Christie lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1904, in the year that Gerte Leonore Christie was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1914, Gerte was only 10 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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