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Gertrude Matthiesen 1915 - 2009

Gertrude Matthiesen of River Forest, Cook County, IL was born on June 21, 1915, and died at age 93 years old on May 9, 2009.

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River Forest, Cook County, IL 60305
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In 1915, in the year that Gertrude Matthiesen was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1943, Gertrude was 28 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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Matthiesen, Ruth (Sep 15, 1915 - Oct 1973) Matthiesen, Eugenie (Jun 9, 1910 - Aug 1982) Matthiesen, Gloria (Dec 30, 1929 - May 27, 2007) Matthiesen, Glenon (Dec 13, 1918 - May 1971) Matthiesen, Kathleen (Dec 31, 1914 - Nov 1979) Matthiesen, Bruno (Sep 9, 1891 - Dec 1977) Matthiesen, Sylvia (Dec 25, 1906 - Jun 1981) Matthiesen, Andrew (Nov 27, 1893 - Dec 1972) Matthiesen, Helen (Dec 17, 1888 - Aug 1973) Matthiesen, Adelaide (Mar 8, 1923 - May 1982)
Matthiesen, Carl (Mar 21, 1909 - May 1979) Matthiesen, Erna (Nov 16, 1893 - Mar 1976) Matthiesen, Clara (May 11, 1901 - May 1996) Matthiesen, Frederick (Aug 29, 1895 - Apr 1970) Matthiesen, Erlan (Nov 7, 1940 - May 19, 2005) Matthiesen, Gertrude (Oct 9, 1887 - Nov 1980) Matthiesen, Frank (Oct 24, 1913 - Dec 1981) Matthiesen, Hildegard (Apr 24, 1900 - Dec 1970) Matthiesen, Richard (May 5, 1897 - Jan 1982) Matthiesen, Henry (Jul 14, 1925 - Jun 16, 2001)
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