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Mathilda Porteous 1897 - 1977

Mathilda Porteous of Crescent City, Del Norte County, California was born on August 18, 1897, and died at age 80 years old in December 1977.

Mathilda Porteous
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Crescent City, Del Norte County, California 95531
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August 18, 1897
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December 1977
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In 1897, in the year that Mathilda Porteous was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1931, she was 34 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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Porteous, Helen (Nov 5, 1907 - May 1978) Porteous, Louis (Dec 15, 1883 - Feb 1966) Porteous, Gloria (Jul 26, 1932 - Mar 1977) Porteous, John (Sep 20, 1919 - Jul 4, 1990) Porteous, Bennett (Jun 5, 1927 - Mar 27, 1997) Porteous, Alma (May 25, 1917 - Apr 3, 2005) Porteous, Gertrude (Dec 29, 1911 - Aug 1987) Porteous, Ethel (Oct 10, 1904 - Jul 7, 1991) Porteous, Harry (Jul 5, 1899 - Apr 1983) Porteous, Daniel (Sep 10, 1923 - May 15, 1997)
Porteous, Everett (Mar 20, 1919 - Jul 12, 2008) Porteous, Henry (May 3, 1895 - Aug 1976) Porteous, Thelma (May 27, 1900 - Dec 1992) Porteous, Edna (Sep 30, 1904 - Feb 8, 1988) Porteous, Gladys (Sep 2, 1896 - Mar 1985) Porteous, Edna (Oct 13, 1908 - Jun 1977) Porteous, Ethel (Apr 13, 1908 - Aug 1982) Porteous, Mary (Nov 13, 1912 - Jun 1, 2009) Porteous, William (Jun 18, 1909 - May 1987) Porteous, William (Apr 20, 1907 - Feb 1983)
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